UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned acts of “extreme violence” committed by the M23 (Movement du 23 Mars) armed group against human rights defenders in the North and South Kivu provinces ...

Valery Kyembo was leading an inspection of his community's protected forest reserve deep in the Democratic Republic of ...

The M23 rebel group has withdrawn from the strategic town of Walikale in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a move they describe as a goodwill gesture ahead of planned peace talks with the ...

The military spokesperson for the M23 rebel group, Willy Ngoma, was killed in an army drone strike in the eastern DRC on Tuesday, two senior rebel officials, a regional diplomat and a Western adviser ...

DONGO, DRC, 8 Feb (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency's voluntary repatriation programmes to two separate provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) each passed the 10,000 mark this week as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. [Al Jazeera] At least 60 people have been killed while attending a funeral in the conflict-ridden eastern region of the Democratic ...

The project is expected to significantly reduce reliance on long and often challenging road routes that currently dominate cross-border trade.

What you need to know: At the meeting, progress was acknowledged in facilitating cross-border trade and promoting peace and security, including the operationalisation of the One Stop Border Post (OSBP ...