SAKE, DR CONGO -When the Banyene family were sent back to their home in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, all that had survived the fighting

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider regional war.

A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues experienced during those days of terror.

Germany’s development ministry says it will suspend new financial commitments to Rwanda over that country's alleged support of the M23 rebels in neighboring eastern Congo.

"The persecution of Christians around the world is one of the great untold scandals of the 21st Century," says Open Doors CEO.

As armed attacks intensify in North Kivu, villagers plead for prayers after discovering dozens of victims inside a Protestant church — another grim chapter in the region’s deepening crisis.

In February 2025, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution agreeing to establish a fact-finding mission on the serious human rights violations and

The decision has already sparked controversy in Kinshasa, where critics fear it could lead

As the conflict continues to ravage the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bishops are warning about the real possibility of the violence spreading throughout the entire Great Lakes region of Africa.

The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Bruno Lemarquis, expresses his deep concern about the increasing number of incidents of targeted violence against civilians,

Conditions continue to worsen dramatically in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 25.5 million people face the danger of hunger, a Baptist leader there said.