Congolese troops have fought back against Rwanda-backed rebels who the U.N. says are moving fast into the South Kivu province ...

Until June, the United Nations had peacekeepers deployed in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province. The U.N. made an agreement with the government to gradually begin drawing down its mission, ...

Volker Türk condemns escalating violence in South Kivu and urges immediate action to protect civilians and hold perpetrators ...

Morgues are over-filled and more bodies are lying on the street, the ministry said, after this week's offensive by ...

The U.N. says Rwanda-backed rebels are expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing the region's major city.

By Yassin Kombi and David Lewis GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Democratic ...

Southern African heads of state re-affirmed their support for Democratic Republic of Congo in its fight against Rwanda-backed ...

As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who ...

The UN says at least 700 people have been killed in intense fighting in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic ...

"In Bukavu, foreigners are fleeing," missionaries from the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu tell Fides. "The various embassies in Kinshasa have ordered their compatriots to leave the ...

The human rights crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to deepen, as hostilities between the armed forces and the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group expand towards South Kivu ...

Congolese troops have fought back against Rwanda-backed rebels who the U.N. says are moving fast into the South Kivu province ...