Mystery illness kills more than 50 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

42,000 people fled eastern DRC to Burundi in two weeks, says UN

Around 42,000 people have fled the conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and crossed into Burundi in the past two weeks, says the UNHCR representative in Burundi, Brigitte..

Congolese civilians flee refugee camps as Rwanda-backed M23 controls Goma

As the Rwanda-backed M23 group controls most of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands of people who had settled in camps for internally displaced people on the outskirts of the city..

People flee fighting in DR Congo's North Kivu

People flee the intensifying fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo region of North Kivu, as the M23, a Rwanda-backed anti-government armed group, almost completely encircles the capital..