Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...

An armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the besieged Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma's airport on Tuesday, a security source said, following three days of ...

By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's ...

Congolese security forces have tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo’s largest city ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels capture Goma, East Congo, amid escalating conflict and humanitarian crisis. U.N. reports violence ...

An emergency meeting of the East African Community (EAC) heads of state slated for Wednesday is yet another step to prevent a ...

Heavy artillery fire and bursts of automatic weapons resonated for endless hours. The streets of the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, where the Rwandan army and the M23 extended control in clashes with ...

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...

The militia seized the pivotal city of Goma, threatening a new humanitarian crisis in a region that has suffered decades of ...

The M23 group is one of about 100 armed factions vying for a foothold in eastern Congo in one of Africa’s longest wars, which ...

Rwanda-backed rebels say they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels faced pockets of resistance from army and pro-government militia overnight after entering eastern ...