Goma, the largest city in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu province, fell under the control of the AFC/M23 rebel coalition on Monday, the rebels told CNN. This was the latest in a string of ...

Newborns and women in labor died in the bombings. Further reading: Eastern DR Congo crisis escalates as M23 advances in North Kivu "I also follow with concern the events in the capital ...

A French government spokesman on Thursday demanded the departure from DR Congo of Rwandan forces and Rwandan-backed M23 fighters from the east of the country. “The sovereignty and territorial ...

After a rapid advance in the region, fighters from the M23 rebel group have taken control of most of Goma – a major city of more than a million people in the east of DR Congo. Sitting on the ...

The Romanians were contracted to help the army fight the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who say they are fighting to protect the rights of DR Congo's minority ethnic Tutsis. When the offensive on Goma ...

It is also a swift expansion of the alliance’s foothold across swathes of eastern DR Congo – where rare minerals crucial to the production of phones and computers are mined – and is likely ...

Congo denies the charges, in turn accusing Rwanda of using M23 as a way to take control of mineral-rich territory in the Central African country. sdi/jcg (AFP, Reuters) Send us your feedback ...

The Romanians were contracted to help the army fight the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who say they are fighting to protect the rights of DR Congo's minority ethnic Tutsis. When the offensive on Goma ...

The M23 have been been advancing to other areas after their offensive in Goma [AFP] ...

Violence has surged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the M23 rebel group seizing Goma, leading to mass instability. The jailbreak of over 4,000 inmates and attacks on embassies have ...

Many Hutu then fled across the border to the DR Congo. Kagame has called for the need to neutralize the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Hutu rebel group operating in ...