Thousands from eastern Congo have been fleeing conflict for decades, and many are being displaced again as the Rwandan-backed ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of dormancy, seizing large parts of North Kivu province before finally grabbing Goma, ...

Hundreds of Congolese women were raped and burnt alive after Rwandan-backed militants raided a prison. The female inmates ...

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

This week, a ceasefire took hold in the city of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now, the grim task of burying some 2,000 bodies begins. The World’s Marco Werman spoke to Arlette Bashizi, a ...

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

United Nations agencies called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting ...

(Nairobi) – Civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are at increasing risk as the abusive M23 armed group, supported by the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), approaches Goma, the capital of ...

M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, claimed to have taken control of Goma, eastern Congo's largest city, early on Monday, while a 48-hour deadline for the Congolese army to surrender expired.

M23 officials said they had trained up hundreds of administrators who were ready to deploy. "We are asking all Goma residents to go back to normal activities," said Corneille Nangaa, head of ...

While government forces still control pockets of Goma, residents who spoke to The Associated Press by phone on Tuesday said that the M23 rebel group was in control of much of the city. The M23 ...

Women were raped and then burnt alive after Rwandan-backed rebels sparked chaos by storming into the city of Goma. It took place during a mass jail break from the city's Munzenze jail last week, as ...