The defection ceremony took place in front of the provincial police headquarters, drawing the attention of the local population.

An army spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment about the incident in late January in Goma. The United Nations ...

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the ...

DR Congo's prime minister said Monday that "more than 7,000" people have been killed in the east of the country since January ...

The outbreak began after three children ate a bat and died after suffering hemorrhagic fever symptoms. WHO has ruled out ...

Judith Suminwa says more than 2,500 bodies buried without identification, ‘significant’ number of civilians among dead.

The prime minister said she wanted to hear how the UN sees the conflict being resolved -- and how the UN resolutions can ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.

More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in ...

The M23 rebels advanced a week ago into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city, which was rocked by looting and unrest as Congolese forces withdrew without a fight.

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the ...

Violence raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed "more than 7,000 compatriots", many of them civilians, ...