The Rwandan-backed insurgents' seizure of Goma this week and ongoing offensive southwards are the biggest escalation since 2012 of a decades-old conflict the U.N. says risks spiralling into ...

Goma natives Justin Kabumba and Moses Sawasawa brought their deeply personal expertise to bear when Rwandan-backed M23 rebels began their push toward the eastern Congo city of Goma. Sensing a larger ...

On Monday, they captured Goma, a major Congolese city along the Rwandan border. (They grabbed it once before, in 2012.) I’ve been talking to Goma residents. They’ve been hiding in their houses ...

Congolese civilians who fled from Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, following clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC ...

Just before the M23 seizure of Goma, it was providing emergency aid to more than 800,000 people just around the city and 1.5 million in Congo's four eastern provinces.

Rwanda-Backed Rebels Bed Down in Congo's Goma and Push South for Further Gains (Reuters) -The United Nations expressed deep concern at reports of M23 rebels and Rwandan troops advancing south ...

(Reuters) -The United Nations expressed deep concern at reports of M23 rebels and Rwandan troops advancing south towards the Congolese city of Bukavu on Thursday, as the militants sought also to ...

On Thursday, the streets of Goma bore grim evidence of recent chaos, with bodies—many dressed in military uniforms—still lying where they fell. The clashes between M23 rebels and Congolese armed ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) city of Goma is calmer but still tense, with some violence hampering humanitarian operations ...

The Anglican Bishop of Goma has said people are "terrified in their homes" as fighting in the DRC city continues to escalate. The Rt Revd Martin Gordon, who has recently evacuated Goma along with ...

It remained unclear how much of Goma is controlled by the rebels, who marched into eastern Congo’s strategic city early Monday to both fear and cheers among residents. But more than 2 million of ...

(Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group has gained control of the airport in the eastern city of Goma, diplomatic and security sources told Reuters. Corneille Nangaa, leader of ...