The world's safest country has been named but global peace levels have deteriorated since last year, according to the latest ...

A U.N.-mandated commission investigating suspected human rights violations and war crimes in Democratic Republic of Congo cannot proceed due to a funding crisis in the U.N. human rights office (OHCHR) ...

Congo and Rwanda are not formally at war and in the past had held peace talks that have largely stalled, including those ...

Congo has accused Rwanda of backing M23 rebels in its mineral-rich eastern region across the border with Rwanda.

As the U.N. marks its 80th anniversary this month, its humanitarian agencies are facing one of the greatest crises in their ...

Will be there still be any safe havens left when World War 3 breaks out? Here are the world's 10 safest countries, according ...

Only by addressing the structural drivers of conflict in eastern DR Congo can the Human Rights Council begin to restore trust and relevance in a region that has too often been failed by the ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk sounded the alarm on Friday over escalating violence across Sudan’s North Darfur and Kordofan regions, warning of catastrophic consequences for ...

It is driving up defense spending and has pushed some longtime NATO partners, namely Finland and Sweden ... What began as a mission to impose a UN-sanctioned no-fly zone over Bosnia and ...