Many people are feared dead in two separate boat accidents in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the boats was carrying up to 300 people when it caught fire on...

Rwanda has threatened to withdraw co-operation with the UN if a draft report criticising its army is published. Kigali said it would reconsider its contributions to UN...

As many as 138 people died when an overloaded boat carrying passengers and goods capsized in rough water in Democratic Republic of Congo, police said on...

The United Nations is investigating the alleged LRA massacre of at least 100 people in DR Congo in February. Mr John Holmes, the UN humanitarian chief, said on a visit...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced it is sending $2.5m (£1.5m) in emergency aid to Haiti, to help it cope with last week’s earthquake. Some...

The UN envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo says a joint military operation against rebels will be concluded at the end of this month. Alan Doss told the UN...

Dressed in a pink cotton tracksuit, Corporal Innocent Rakundo looks an unlikely member of the FDLR, one of Africa’s most feared rebel armies. He fiddles with a pen as...

The border between Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo is being redrawn — by a river! Technocrats from the two countries are quietly working to head off a...

The Democratic Republic of Congo army has used vaccination clinics as “bait” to attack civilians, says aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Thousands...

Volunteers wearing gorilla masks excited many of the urban population after the launch of 2009, the UN international year of the gorilla. Uganda has over half of the...

At least 100 bodies of people killed by Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels of Joseph Kony have been discovered in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN...

As the brutal pictures and documentaries unfold in front of our eyes while watching various news channels, one starts to question the very existence of an international...

KAMPALA (AFP) - Around 1,700 people fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have sought refuge in neighbouring Uganda, the UN High Commissioner...

The UN has covered up claims that its troops in Democratic Republic of Congo gave arms to militias and smuggled gold and ivory, the BBC has learned. The allegations,...