There is now “real hope” for a ceasefire which would pave the way for a lasting and definitive settlement of the conflict in ...

The members of the Security Council took note of the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) of the provisional results of the presidential and provincial elections in the ...

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) heard on Monday 13 October there is “real hope” for a ceasefire to pave the way ...

Statement by Jennifer MacNaughtan, UK Minister Counsellor, at the Security Council meeting on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. First, the United ...

On Monday, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk gave the chilling preliminary findings of his office’s Fact-Finding Mission into the devastating impact on civilians of the ...

Pakistan has welcomed the United States’ facilitation of a peace agreement between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, ...

The Security Council holds a briefing today at 10 a.m. on the Secretary-General's biennial report on the implementation of the Peace, Security and ...

Women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are trapped in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises and face rampant insecurity, a senior United Nations official warned on ...

A peace agreement brokered by the White House to stem the bloodshed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where a militia allegedly backed by Rwanda occupies vast swaths of land, was ...

In the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, new recruits are being trained for battle – and US President Donald ...

UN Special Envoy Huang Xia called for greater coordination of efforts to resolve the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Wednesday, amid escalating violence by the M23 rebel group and ...

On 8 March 1957, just two days after gaining independence, Ghana joined the United Nations as its 81st member .