Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed rebels ...

Once crowded with white makeshift huts, the huge Kanyaruchinya camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Goma, in ...

As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, they are likely to have to fight their way through thousands of troops from Burundi, ramping ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

Sexual violence, hunger and disease plague the camps, despite the efforts of aid groups. The conflict now threatens to spiral, raising the specter of a replay of the two Congo wars — between ...

UNICEF aims to address critical humanitarian needs in eastern Congo, such as access to safe ... are suffering from hunger, thirst and exhaustion. Families deprived of access to water, electricity ...

"There is hunger in Goma. We have to go get water from the lake and we have no medicine," said another resident, Kahindo Sifa. - DRC urged to talk with M23 - Despite international pressure to end ...

Vivian van de Perre, Deputy Special Representative for Protection and Operations in the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) told the Security Council late ...

Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) – Rwanda-backed fighters were ... Goma resident Jean de Dieu told AFP by telephone. "There is hunger in Goma. We have to go get water from the lake and we have no medicine ...

People are extremely worried, and famine is starting to take hold ... In fact, the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) and the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Rwanda, Congo ...

As UN agencies reported “relative calm” on Wednesday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), humanitarians warned ... including exposure to traumatic events, hunger, ...