M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese ...

More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo , which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...

Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...

African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were sent to fight insurgents in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where M23 rebels have kille ...

A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...

Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city just over a month ago. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical ...

Frank, a World Vision staff member, lost two family members—Laurianne and Jean-Pierre—when the M23 siege on Goma turned their ...

The fall of the town put Goma, around 40 km (25 miles) away, in the rebels' sights. The rebel group marched into eastern Congo's largest city Goma, in the worst escalation of a long-running ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

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Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...