WFP says a ‘deepening hunger crisis’ is unfolding and that it may have to pause food aid due to record low funding.

The number of people facing emergency levels of hunger in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has nearly doubled since last year, the United Nations said on Friday.

The crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to worsen amid ongoing fighting that has driven tens ...

Hunger is surging in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday that it is only able to reach a fraction of those in need due to ...

And with police stations and courts abandoned since the armed group's arrival, there is no mechanism or authority to combat ...

The U.N. World Food Programme faces historically low levels of funding, warning that it may have to pause food aid to help ...

Across Africa, journalists are being kidnapped, tortured and killed - often by people whose identities are known but who face no punishment. Reports gathered by RFI and press freedom groups show these ...

Eastern Congo stands as one of the most complex conflict zones in Africa, and indeed in the world, due to the intertwining historical, political, ethnic, economic, and security dimensions that ...

Though negotiations between the Congolese government and the AFC/M23 might lead to a peace agreement this week, according to DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, the rebels have warned that repeated ...

The AFC/M23 rebellion continues to establish a parallel judicial system in territories it controls in North Kivu, a move ...