More than 50 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo's north-west have died of an unidentified illness, most within 58 hours of showing symptoms.

MONUSCO, the U.N. peacekeeping force in the DRC, said the reported killings were under investigation but remained unverified.

Until now, the international response to the rapidly escalating crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has committed a litany of grave abuses, has been all talk and no action.

The rapidly evolving war in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has intensified since December 2024, displacing hundreds of thousands of people

Seventy Christians were allegedly decapitated by Islamist extremists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) just over a week ago, but the group accused of carrying out the massacre has been terrorizing communities for over a decade.

A violent mob of 200 people attacked a group of 50 Christians during a church service in Rajasthan, India, last week. The attackers wielded iron bars as weapons during the assault on February 17, leaving most of the churchgoers bruised and some with severe injuries.