The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general ...

Two weeks after Goma was captured by the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, many families who lost their loved ones are begging for peace. Some of them have had no news of their loved ones, while others have ...

He spoke for just under an hour – a speech of about 7000 words. But what was most important about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address was not what he said. It was what he did not ...

As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, they are likely to have to fight their way through thousands of troops from Burundi, ramping ...

Large parts of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, are now under the control of the M23 and their Rwanda ...

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic spread in eastern Congo’s main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army.

In tonight's edition: M23 rebels are on the ... Operations Coordinator for Central Africa Emmanuel Lampaert. And, access to social media is now blocked in South Sudan for at least 30 days after ...

M23 advance has taken more territory than ever before People fleeing as conflict nears their homes More territory gives rebels more scope to earn mining revenue Jan 23 (Reuters) - Laden with just ...

On Thursday, fighting raged between rebels from the Rwanda-backed M23 group and Congolese forces in the town of Saké, the last major army position before Goma, a provincial capital with more than ...