Local officials and civilians in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur, turned in 16 high-powered firearms to the military on Tuesday, marking another milestone in the campaign against loose ...

Alleged members of a private armed group (PAG) in Nueva Ecija surrendered unlicensed firearms and ammunition to the Police ...

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) has intensified its crackdown on the illegal firearms trade, resulting in ...

The U.N.'s top human rights body was holding an urgent session on Friday on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a key city and some 3,000 people have ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for more efforts to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the ...

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Thursday lauded the Philippine National Police (PNP) effort to promote responsible ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety.

It called for an immediate joint Summit of SADC and EAC to deliberate on the way forward regarding the security situation in ...

At a briefing where they sought to assert their control over the eastern city of Goma and surrounding territory in the ...

By Edwin Waita and Hereward Holland GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by ...

The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels marched into Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo, on Monday in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict in more than a decade. Congo accused Rwanda of ...

While government forces still control pockets of Goma, residents who spoke to The Associated Press by phone on Tuesday said that the M23 rebel group was in control of much of the city. The M23 ...