Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, woke up on Monday morning afraid and uncertain about who is in control of the area after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured it, amid an ...

The city’s capture came following a 48-hour deadline imposed by the group for the Congolese army to surrender their weapons.

A Chinese envoy on Sunday strongly condemned the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...

Congo severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces raged around the key ...

Three U.N. peacekeepers from South Africa have been killed in fighting M23 rebels in eastern Congo, a political party and a ...

The governor of eastern Congo’s North-Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, ...

Rwanda denies this. After seizing the town of Minova on Tuesday, M23 fighters have continued their offensive, moving into the town of Sake, around 20 km (12 miles) from Goma. A local administrator ...

Spread This NewsBy BBC  THIRTEEN soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been ...

Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the ...

GOMA, Congo — Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the distant ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government’s last ...

M23 seized Goma in 2012 and controlled it for over a week. As news of fighting spread, schools in Goma sent students home on Thursday morning. “We are told that the enemy wants to enter the city.