Rights
New York: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has condemned death threats made against Congolese Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege and called for his protection. more
Killings and violence targeting ethnic group in DR Congo ‘may amount to crimes against humanity’

New York : The targeting of the Hema community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with violence, including killings and rape, may amount to crimes against humanity, said the UN ...

‘Beyond reasonable doubt’, international court convicts notorious DR Congo rebel leader of war crimes

New York, July 9 (JEN): The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday, found former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda guilty “beyond reasonable doubt”, of 18 counts of ...

New UN rights report paints bleak picture in eastern DR Congo

New York, Dec 20: A new United Nations human rights report has documented “hundreds” of extra-judicial killings and cases of torture and sexual violence against civilians over ...

Is safety and a small plot of land too much for DR Congo’s beleaguered people to hope for? UN aid chief asks

New York: The humanitarian crisis and the resulting suffering will only worsen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) if persistent violence is not brought under control and there ...

Thousands flee violence in eastern DR Congo, seek shelter in nearby countries – UN refugee agency

New York, Jan 31 (JEN): Surging violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is driving thousands of Congolese into neighbouring Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda, the United Nat ...

Restive eastern DR Congo home to one of world’s worst displacement crises for children – UNICEF

New York, Jan 26 (JEN): More than 800,000 children have been forced from their homes by violence and armed clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in what the United Nat ...

World cannot stand idle as millions in DR Congo ‘suffer in silence,’ says UN agency

New York, Jan 18 (JEN): The dramatic deterioration in the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic over the past year has been further complicated by recent floods and health cri ...

DR Congo: UN rights chief names international investigators in Kasai abuses

New York, July 27(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday named three international experts to investigate reports of killings, mutilations, rapes and other abus ...

DR Congo: 400,000 children in Greater Kasai at risk of severe acute malnutrition, UNICEF warns

New York, May 24(Just Earth News): Deteriorating security conditions have severely disrupted life-saving interventions for children in Greater Kasai in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( ...