The Pontiff was expected to meet controversial President Kabila during a visit this summer.
Over 200,000 mostly indigenous people killed and 45,000 artists, intellectuals, and activists disappeared in civil war.
Local militia group is said to be avenging death of leader by carrying out attacks in region.
155 people were killed during the military operation on local king Charles Wesley Mumbere's palace.
700 people have died from malaria so far this year as growing food insecurity linked to spread.
Police are investigating the hate crime which has been labelled 'disgusting'.
FBI hacked 8,000 computers in 120 countries to catch child porn site visitors – did it overstep the mark?
Rancher and safari company owner was killed by armed herders responsible for land invasions.
Magazine a novelty in a country where women and girls suffer disproportionately from high rates of violence.
EU court announced employers can ban workers from wearing religious symbols.
A photo of the inaugural meeting has gone viral.
Katumbi, in exile, claims Kabila will block the implementation of 31 December power-sharing deal.
Situation remains "generally calm" but Security Council "alarmed by the increasing numbers of refugees".
American and Swedish UN investigators kidnapped by unidentified men with drivers and interpret.
Lee urged for a commission of inquiry to investigate alleged atrocities against Rohingya Muslims.
A press photographer claims the Procurator Fiscal seized his equipment to make him hand over photographs.
Spanish police arrested 7 men after she was advertised for €5,000.
'My feeling is trans women are trans women,' said the We Should All Be Feminists writer.
The man appeared to mimic a sexual act on the statue of a young girl.
Ali Jr says he was detained at a Washington airport before being allowed to fly.
IBTimes UK exclusively speaks to novelist Rahmani about his struggle for freedom of expression.
Among the four countries badly hit by famine, Yemen fares the worst with two-thirds of its population in need of help.
Law student is accused of "offending the Prophet" and "denigrating the dogma or precepts of Islam".
Clooney asks Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi to write to the UN Security Council seeking an inquiry.
Four asylum seekers living in Hong Kong fed and housed Snowden on the run in June 2013
IBTImes UK speaks to friend and fellow activist Silvanos Mudzvova on second anniversary of disappearance.
Judges at European Court of Human Rights unanimously reject Sudanese-born terror suspect's claims.
On 9 March 2015, pro-democracy activist Dzamara was abducted by a group of men in the capital, Harare.
At least 30 people have died in renewed clashes between Myanmar army and ethnic Chinese rebels in Kokang region.
HRW says targeted sanctions would show Burundian officials there are 'consequences for their abuses'.