Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong fighting against Congolese forces ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, M23 insurgent fighters have seized Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Congo. M23’s latest advance in the region marks the group’s most significant ...

The Rwandan-backed rebels' entry into Bukavu follows their capture of Goma, defying international calls for a ceasefire.

Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.

African diplomacy is in high gear as leaders seek to stop the conflict in the DRC. As the rest of the world loudly cautions ...

Her story mirrors that of thousands of other families displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last ...

FIFA has announced the immediate suspension of the Congolese Football Federation (FECOFOOT), following escalating tensions ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

As an uneasy calm returned to the Congolese city of Goma, following a unilateral ceasefire declared by the rebels, people began burying the dead, and agencies rushed aid to thousands of ...

Feb 4 - Over 2,000 bodies require burial in Goma after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took over the Democratic Republic of Congo city last week, inflaming a decade-old conflict and humanitarian crisis ...

Col. Deo Akiiki, deputy spokesman for the Ugandan military, told the AP there had been no new deployments of soldiers to Congo in recent weeks. In Goma, where Congolese authorities have said over ...