In Goma, families deprived of their homes and livelihoods often wander in search of refuge, not knowing what tomorrow will ...

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing lifesaving clean water supplies to 700,000 people a day – around 364,000 of them ...

More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...

A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east say they have withdrawn from planned peace talks ...

In February 2025, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution agreeing to establish a fact-finding mission on the serious human rights violations and ...

Bukavu residents say 'selfish interests' are behind the collapse of peace talks between rebels and Congo's government:: ...

Goma, a city of two million ... Situations like those in the DRC inspired a new UN handbook on early warning systems and early action in fragile, conflict-affected and violent contexts.

The M23 rebel group was formed in 2012, the same year it took over Goma. A United Nations report found that Rwanda is behind the military group and the UN Security Council encouraged sanctions ...

Escalating attacks have struck hospitals and other civilian infrastructure in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during the ongoing anti-government assault by the armed group M23, the UN's ...