A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...

Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...

"We now have confirmed reports from Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of summary executions of children at the hands of M23," said Ambassador Shea.

KINSHASA, (March 7, 2025) – About 375,000 children are missing out on education and are vulnerable to violence and recruitment by armed groups in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of ...

At the 58th regular session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, Caritas Internationalis highlighted the widespread effects of ...

UNICEF denounced the alarming rise in violence against children in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Friday, expressing concern that thousands of minors have suffered sexual ...

led to a staggering rise in sexual violence, already endemic in a region ravaged by three decades of war. Read more Subscribers only After Goma, DRC's Bukavu falls under M23 rebels' control All ...

The Humanitarian crisis in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, has taken a new turn for the worse with reports of executions of children and widespread sexual violence in the region.

UNITED NATIONS, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Increased violence in the three easternmost provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is raising deep concern for civilians, including aid workers ...

30% of sexual violence victims treated in the DRC were children. UNICEF warned children were targets for rape. There are also warnings that armed groups are recruiting child soldiers. Dozens of ...