Sustainable peace must be based on United Nations Charter and international law,' Volker Turk says in global update ...

Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ...

UNICEF recorded nearly 600 cases of rape in the week following the fall of Goma, in the east of the country, at the end of ...

In February 2025, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution agreeing to establish a fact-finding mission on the ...

Here are some of the major stories of the Catholic Church around the world that you might have missed this past week.

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi is hoping to earn U.S. support for his country’s fight against Rwandan-backed rebels with a lucrative mineral deal. While the eyes of the world are focused ...

Two explosions in the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday killed at least 11 people and injured around 65. The blasts occurred at a meeting of leaders of the ...

After decades of fighting, the Kurdish group’s imprisoned leader is now calling for its fighters to put down their arms.

On Feb. 13, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to suspend a cooperation agreement with Rwanda on a trio of minerals ...

U.K. authorities are punishing Rwanda over its support of the rebels who now control two major cities in eastern Congo.

The persistence of conflict impedes economic development and dissuades U.S. businesses from investing in both Rwanda and the ...

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its prime minister told ...