Dem Rep Congo, Africa

Hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are reluctant to go...

A medical charity has expressed concerns that people wounded during clashes between the police and supporters of a politico-religious sect in the...

FAO Goodwill Ambassador says support for women crucial to nation’s improvement amid fragile peace Singer and activist Miriam Makeba says women...

The deadline for Rwandan Hutu fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to voluntarily disarm has expired without guns being handed in,...

The international community has released US$5.7 million as a first tranche of aid this year to stabilise the troubled district of Ituri in the...

The violence that has claimed several lives in southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, after clashes between a religious sect and the national...

The acquittal by a court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of a militia leader convicted of war crimes has drawn criticism, with human rights...

Aftershocks continue to rattle the eastern town of Bukavu three days after an earthquake killed six people and injured hundreds. Many residents are...

The ICRC has begun a distribution of essential items – clothing, blankets, mats, soap and kitchen sets – to over 500 displaced families who have...

A peace agreement signed between the government and the various armed groups active in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including the...