New York, United States - January 31, 2025 The United Nations (UN) called for "all diplomatic efforts" to end the hostilities ...

More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the ...

Rwanda-backed rebels were quickly expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing Goma, the region's major city, ...

Goma’s capture by the Rwanda-backed rebels has brought humanitarian operations to ‘a standstill, cutting off a vital lifeline for aid’.

Mr. Lacroix highlighted the “florescence” of diplomatic activities in response to the crisis, which includes two UN Security Council meetings, a summit by the East African Community (EAC), another by ...

Until June, the United Nations had peacekeepers deployed in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province. The U.N. made an agreement with the government to gradually begin drawing down its mission, ...

Fighting across the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and "is still very much ongoing ... it's not over ...

While calm is being restored in Goma the key eastern city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC the risk of disease outbreaks including cho ...

Fighting continues in Goma as M23 rebels claim control of the city. The situation remains dynamic with reports of Rwandan troops supporting M23 rebels. U.N. officials provide updates on the fluid ...

Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra and a UN delegation headed by Under-Secretary-General for UN Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Major-General Patrick Gauchat, acting head of the UN ...

During Jean-Pierre Lacroix’s meeting with Syria’s foreign and defense ministers, “it was confirmed that Syria is ready to fully cooperate with the UN,” the SANA official news agency said.