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The DRC has repeatedly accused Rwanda of backing the militia, which has captured swathes of territory in recent months. Kigali has repeatedly denied any involvement

Powerful new sculpture unveiled at UN Headquarters on Wednesday honors the memory and mission of two human rights experts who were murdered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) five years ago.

A United Nations Group of Experts said it has "solid evidence" that Rwandan troops have been fighting alongside the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and providing it with weapons…

The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday said it "regretted" a move by the government to expel its spokesman.

DR Congo has asked the spokesman of the UN’s peacekeeping mission in the country to leave “as soon as possible”, according to an official letter seen by AFP on Wednesday. The central African nation’s government asked the peacekeeping mission, known as MONUSCO, to withdraw spokesman Mathias Gillmann over “indelicate and inappropriate remarks” he made, the […]

Secretary-General António Guterres is “outraged” over a “serious incident” that took place on Sunday morning on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, according to his deputy spokesperson.

Two people have been killed and several others injured after UN peacekeepers opened fire during an incident in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on the Uganda border on Sunday, the UN said. 

At least 19 people have been killed in two days of protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo against a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the east of the country, which protesters accuse of failing to protect them from militia violence.

Congo violent protests: The two soldiers were part of MONUSCO - the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in DR Congo. Both the deceased Bravehearts were in the rank of head constable and hailed from Rajasthan.

Two Border Security Force personnel, who were part of the UN peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo were killed on Tuesday as anti-United Nations protests spiralled into a full-blown violence, a BSF spokesperson and the UN said.