UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders called on Wednesday for support for human rights defenders ...

Congo, the United Nations and Western powers say neighbouring Rwanda is backing Nangaa's M23 rebel group - accusations Rwanda denies. The rebel advance has stirred fears of a regional war that ...

FRANCE 24 spoke to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan. Last October, he announced that he ...

BUKAVU, Congo — At least 11 people were killed and scores injured Thursday when explosions in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu struck a rally held by leaders of the M23 rebel group, which took ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - International sanctions against Rwanda will reduce the incentive for Kinshasa to engage in peace talks with M23 rebels who have made lightning advances in eastern Congo this ...

An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say. The interval between ...

Kinshasa, DRC: An unknown illness has killed more than 50 people in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to doctors on the ground and the World Health Organisation.

An unknown disease has killed more than 50 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to doctors. The World Health Organisation's (WHO) Africa office said the first outbreak was ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say.

More than 50 people in the north-western of the Democratic Republic of Congo have died of an unidentified illness. The outbreak began on January 21, with 419 cases having been recorded since.