[CAF] Nigeria made certain of their sixth appearance at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup after beating DR Congo 3-0 in the second leg of the final round qualifier on Saturday in Kinshasa.

[Unicef] Kinshasa/Goma - Around 20 children are reported among victims of recent violence in North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). UNICEF condemns acts of violence that target children and calls on all parties to respect the rights of women and children.

Nick Long

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Rival armed groups in Congo's eastern provinces are targeting each other's families, killing children, women and the elderly in some of the country's worst violence in years, officials said on Friday. The fighting, which UN agency UNICEF says has cost up to 80 lives since early May, comes amid a security vacuum in parts of the vast forested region after Congo's army ...

[ICRC] Violence is continuing in the Kivus, where it is spreading to the most remote and difficult-to-reach areas, with tragic consequences. The ICRC is concerned about the rising number of civilian victims. It is calling on all parties to the conflict to spare the civilian population. See below video interview with Frédéric Boyer, head of the ICRC's sub-delegation in North Kivu.

[New Times] A senior commander of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) militia operating in the DRC, Col. Etienne Mbarushimana, and eight other rebels recently surrendered.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 25 (UPI) -- Civilians, including children, are bearing the brunt of the escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an official from the ICRC said.

Kinshasa (Congo), May 25 (Xinhua-ANI): The mutiny by soldiers of the DR Congo Armed Forces (FARDC) at Katchanga area of North-Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) could have resulted into deaths of almost 100 people, a source from the North-Kivu civil society has said.

[IRIN] Kinshasa - ore than 7,500 cholera cases have been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since the beginning of the year as an epidemic that began in June 2011 continues to affect parts if the capital, Kinshasa, as well as four other provinces.

[Lubanga Trial Website] The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor says the sexual crimes, which were "routinely" committed by soldiers commanded by Thomas Lubanga, should be one of the factors judges should consider to hand him a "very severe joint sentence."