"Sometimes you have the feeling that the poor are hopelessly lost," reports a Church source from Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu, which was taken by the M23 troops ...

The world's biggest nature conservation conference resumes in Rome next week for an urgent attempt at overcoming a deadlock ...

Frightened residents say Rwanda-backed rebels appear to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo. International pressure rose Tuesday over the M23’s expansion in the mineral-rich region t ...

The UN human rights chief has accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in the Democratic Republic of the ...

Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

When night falls in the Batwa village of Lukwangulo, only the local chief’s house is illuminated. In this village in the ...

As the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) continues to restore essential services in the Democratic Republic of ...

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has bemoaned inaction by the international community to end the fighting in the volatile eastern region. Experts, however, urge a local-driven process to find ...