The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group were threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday as the ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety.

Congolese authorities said its troops and its allies clashed with the M23 rebel group, supported by Rwandan soldiers, in the mining town of Nyabibwe in South Kivu. "Our positions have been attacked," ...

Officials and residents say Rwanda-backed rebels have gained ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they ...

The M23 rebel group have captured the city of Goma in the eastern DRC in a major escalation of a drawn-out conflict.

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

with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the city's distant outskirts and hundreds of wounded ...

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...

Congolese children watch the deployment of government and UN troops outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Friday, ...

M23 seized Goma in 2012 and controlled it for over a ... military pushed back an attack from the "Rwandan army" on Sake, a town only 14 miles from Goma. The Associated Press was unable to verify ...

Panic engulfed Goma on Thursday as M23 rebels advanced steadily towards ... that the rebels had infiltrated and taken control of the town. Many from Saké have joined the ranks of over 178,000 ...