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

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

"The persecution of Christians around the world is one of the great untold scandals of the 21st Century," says Open Doors CEO.

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.

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

At least 11 people were killed and scores injured Thursday when explosions in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu struck a rally ...

More than 600 police officers and 28 soldiers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who had sought refuge in Burundi ...

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

A new mpox variant, clade 1b, is spreading rapidly in the DRC, with increased human-to-human transmission and risks for ...

It has been nearly a month since M23 rebels seized control of Goma, the main city of the eastern province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since then, the rebel leaders ...

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

"We now have confirmed reports from Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of summary executions of ...