Goma, Rwanda News

Continuing clashes between armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have forced civilians to abandon their homes in North Kivu and affected aid operations, a UN official said.

After killing several DRC soldiers including a Major and a Captain, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda have been blamed for killing two more Congolese soldiers.

IWPR trainee writes about his time as an intern in The Hague covering the International Criminal Court.

MONUC troops on patrol in Goma: The UN peacekeeping mission intends to press ahead with military efforts to neutralize the FDLR in eastern Congo - file photo KINSHASA, 22 June 2009 - Joint military efforts by the UN peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the country's ramshackle army to neutralize Rwandan Hutu-led militias have ...

SOUTH Lakeland villagers are joining forces with an African charity to carryout life-changing work in war-torn communities.

As the operation mounted by the Democratic Republic of Congo army, against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda continues, close to a dozen deaths among rebel ranks have been reported.

At least 11 Rwandan Hutu rebels have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's restive east following a crackdown by the army and UN peacekeepers, a top local official said on Tuesday.

A general view of a permanent lava lake in the Mount Nyiragongo volcano's crater, 25km from Goma, April 29, 2009.

Advocacy groups are calling for an end to the legal culture of impunity surrounding the mass rapes in the conflict zone of eastern Congo.

JOHANNESBURG , 26 May 2009 - Zimbabwe's cholera caseload is expected to top the 100,000 mark within the next few days, amid warnings by aid agencies that although the disease is subsiding, it has not been eradicated and could flare up again.

A Security Council delegation on a week-long visit to Africa met with internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo today to assess efforts by the Government and the United Nations to consolidate peace and security in the area, a spokesperson for the world body said.

The UN Security Council delegation continues its tour of Africa this week and today members stopped in Goma in the eastern DRC.

Ambassadors from the U.N. Security Council are in Kinshasa for talks with President Joseph Kabila's government about improving relations with Rwanda and stopping violence against women.

Congolese rebels integrated into the country's army as part of a peace deal are looting, raping and killing the civilians they are meant to protect, U.N. military commanders told top U.N. officials on Monday.

KIGALI, May 17 The U.N. Security Council pressed Rwanda on Sunday to stand by a rapprochement with neighbouring Congo and won assurances from President Paul Kagame he would pursue a course seen as key to ending violence in eastern Congo.

A woman trapped in an overcrowded Congolese refugee camp shows Telegraph TV the squalid living conditions she is forced to endure with her five children.

Over the last three weeks, in North Kivu , the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda , have stepped up reprisals against the civilian population in response to the joint military operation conducted by Rwanda and the DRC in February.

Aid operations in Congo's volatile North Kivu province face serious challenges as violence continues, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

In Goma people are very worried. The volcano eruption might happen once more for both volcanoes Nyamulagira and Nyiragongo.

Africa Congo: Amnesty Passed for Illegal Armed Groups By REUTERS Lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo passed a law creating an amnesty for nearly two dozen illegal armed groups as part of a peace deal meant to end fighting in the violence-ravaged east.