The United States regularly keeps citizens abreast of any concerns regarding travel to foreign countries. This week, the Department of State issued a number of travel warnings for Americans. On ...

On July 15, 1994, an unprecedented 250,000 Rwandan refugees crossed from Gisenyi (now Rubavu) into Goma, in what was then Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo--DRC).

CIVICUS speaks with Claude Iguma, a mining governance expert with a PhD in Social Sciences, who is based in Bukavu, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).On 27 June, the ...

Six months after closing key border crossings due to rebel advances, Uganda has reopened its border with the Democratic ...

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee (Committee) ...

M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control which is vital to the production of the world's mobile phones - and over its ...

Rebels affiliated with the Islamic State group killed 66 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said ...

Residents of eastern DR Congo say the country's appearance at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations provides hope at a time of ...

Kibetsi is one of nearly a million Congolese who have returned to their homes since the M23 rebel group — backed by Rwanda ...

Anselme Hamundwate, 23, right, and Mumbere Hamundwate, 25, work in a field in Katwa. After months of fighting in Lubero ...