M23 rebels have attacked Goma with heavy firing, killing and injuring many while forcing countless others to flee ...

The group's capture of most of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, is a dramatic escalation in a region that has seen ...

Days after M23 rebels marched into Goma, they have ordered residents to re-open their businesses. While some residents say ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel ...

Diplomatic sources say the bloc is facing calls to suspend its wide-ranging minerals agreement with Rwanda amid fears it is ...

Kagame's comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to back off from DR Congo, where its military involvement dates back to the late 1990s. It first joined the UN's peacekeeping mission, ...

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The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has ...

They may be on opposite sides of the Congolese battlefield only by proxy, but Pretoria and Kigali are now trading undiplomatic warnings. The war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is also ...

Local sources said Kigali-backed fighters were advancing on a new front and had seized two districts in South Kivu province, ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday talked over the phone with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the ...