The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning ...

Slavery lasted for approximately 246 years from 1619 to 1865. In addition to that, there were 12 years of R econstruction and 91 years of J im Crowism (legalized discrimination). It is estimated that ...

Congo authorities will put at least 75 soldiers on trial on Monday for fleeing the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution ...

The U.N. warns that the escalating conflict in Eastern Congo could lead to increased abuses, such as rape and sexual slavery, ...

UN human rights chief Volker Turk has expressed grave concerns over increasing human rights violations in eastern Congo, ...

The head of the UN Human Rights Office, Volker Türk, said that the worst could be ahead in the escalation of the crisis in ...

Congo’s Felix Tshisekedi attended via video ... where reports are emerging of rape, gang rape and sexual slavery, according to the U.N. human rights office. Ahead of the summit, the United ...

gang rape and sexual slavery in the wake of a major M23 advance in late January that lead to the capture of east Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city of Goma. M23 fighters, Congolese ...

U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday that the worst could be ahead in the escalating crisis in eastern Congo, saying he expected sexual violence including ...