Rwanda-backed rebels have “occupied” a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's government said Sunday, as ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

Burundi is dealing with its biggest influx of refugees in 25 years as families flee the escalating conflict in the Democratic ...

Residents and business owners in eastern Congo’s second largest city are sitting in wait after a night of loud gunfire marking the ongoing advance of Rwanda-backed rebels ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have tightened their grip on Bukavu a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo ...

The rebels have been trying to push south towards Bukavu since they seized Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo, at the end of last month. The capture of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — The deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in even more countries, analysts warn, and two neighboring nations ...

GOMA, Congo — (AP) — Congo's government on Tuesday described the unilateral ceasefire declared by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo as "false communication," while the United Nations noted ...

M23 fighters marched into Goma on Monday in the worst escalation since 2012 of a three-decade conflict rooted in the long fallout from the Rwandan genocide and the struggle for control of Congo's ...

The Rwanda-Congo border near Goma was closed on Monday, the AFP news agency cited a European consulate source as saying. As rebels entered Goma, thousands of inmates broke out of the city's ...