In the eastern DR Congo, while the exodus of people into neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda has slowed considerably, the recent fighting has displaced large numbers of people within North Kivu province.

KAMPALA, Uganda, November 27 (UNHCR) - Thousands of civilians have fled to Uganda over the past 48 hours to escape fresh fighting and brutal attacks on their villages in the Congolese province of ...

At least nine people were killed and a dozen wounded when a bomb went off in a village in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a local official said Thursday. The bomb exploded in the ...

“Our Red Cross teams in Uganda and the DRC tell us that 800 children have been separated from their families as a result of the upsurge in violence in Rutshuru Territory,” says Roman Machover, the ...

Kamyaruchinya, in Nyiragongo territory, North Kivu province, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As in all of our operations, we focused on listening to and engaging with ...

Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo seized the town of Rutshuru from the army Sunday, two days after taking a key mineral transit town. The rebels’ gains in the volatile North Kivu province ...

The vast majority of the cases documented by Human Rights Watch were in Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province, in the eastern part of the country. At least three hostages were killed while another ...

“For me, the 100th anniversary of Virunga National Park is the fruit of resistance. A peaceful resistance led by local activists [and] environmentalists,” says François Kamaté, environmental activist ...

As Rwanda remembers the 20th anniversary of the genocide in which some 800,000 mainly ethnic Tutsis were killed, massacres of Hutus in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo have been forgotten, ...

The humanitarian crisis triggered by clashes between the Congolese army and fighters from the March 23 Movement (M23) in Rutshuru territory, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

As many as 200,000 are believed to have fled the conflict since April Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have seized the strategic town of Rutshuru in the east of the country. Government ...

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have seized the strategic town of Rutshuru in the east of the country. Government forces reportedly retreated as the rebels advanced. On Friday, 600 ...