Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the DRC told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, with combatants and civilians among the dead. About 3,000 deaths were reported in Goma, Judith Suminwa said.
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said over the weekend he would launch a unity government, as he faces domestic pressure over his handling of an offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern provinces.
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UN calls for ceasefire in Congo
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the DRC
United Nations special envoy to Congo, Bintou Keita, called for an immediate cease fire and an end to hostilities "without conditions" by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo
Congo’s president says he is going to launch a unity government, as violence spreads across the country’s east and pressure mounts over his handling of the crisis.
The continued occupation of North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by the M23 armed group has "severely constrained" the UN stabilisation force's ability to protect civilians and carry out lifesaving operations,
Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of Rwanda-backed rebels in mineral-rich eastern Congo is threatening peace in th
As the Security Council prepared to gather on Wednesday to debate the international community's response to the growing emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN's top aid official there urged all warring parties to allow lifesaving relief supplies to reach the most vulnerable.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid.