The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has precipitated a humanitarian crisis marked by an increase in ...

As violence continues to displace people in the eastern DRC, women face a heightened risk of sexual and gender-based violence ...

The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has precipitated a humanitarian crisis marked by a sharp increase in rape and sexual violence against women and girls. Earlier this year, in ...

As diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN development agency ...

The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo met with leaders of the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Friday in Goma, in her first visit to the eastern city of Goma since its capture by the ...

What’s happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo? People in the eastern provinces of the Democratic ... cash assistance as well as hygiene kits for women and girls. We aim to assist more than ...

The tools to prevent and end conflict exist. The mechanisms to protect civilians from starvation are in place.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is getting worse.

When Mobutu fled Kinshasa, the Kabila-Kagame coalition won the First Congo War in 1997. Kabila was installed as president of Zaire and changed the country’s name back to The Democratic Republic ...

NEW DELHI A 160-member Border Security Force (BSF) contingent, comprising 25 women personnel, will head to Democratic ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Four Americans were charged Wednesday in federal court with coordinating the failed Democratic Republic of Congo coup last May, after their death sentences in that country were ...