A UN rights report released Friday declared that all parties to the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, ...

The United Nations suspects Roger Lumbala's militia of cannibalism and targeting ethnic pygmies - Copyright AFP/File ISAAC KASAMANI The United Nations suspects Roger ...

In a dramatic turn of events, the High Military Court in Kinshasa has set Friday as its verdict in the historic war crimes trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila which ...

The leader of the Democratic Republic of the Congo asked UN member states on Tuesday to recognize a "silent genocide" in his country, as France announced it will host an emergency conference on the ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must take immediate action to combat human trafficking amid ongoing conflict in the country’s eastern regions, a high-ranking UN official urged Friday.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo's public prosecutor on Friday asked for the death penalty for former President Joseph Kabila, who is being tried in absentia in a treason case that includes war crimes charges ...

Over the last year, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been embattled by a new wave of conflict and atrocity crimes. At the beginning of the year, M23 rebels seized several regions, including ...

Vice-president of the delegation of M23 rebels, Roger Lumbala attends a press briefing in Uganda’s capital Kampala on January 8, 2013. [AFP] Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala goes on trial ...

Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala Wednesday said France's judiciary was not competent to try him as he went on trial in Paris over atrocities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo more ...