Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

Thousands fled the city of Goma on Monday as fighting raged between Congolese forces and rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda, ...

The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting could spark new outbreaks of serious ...

Congo has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces rages around the ...

A rebel alliance spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia said it had seized the lakeside city of more than 2 million ...

The calls come after 13 soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the DR Congo were killed in clashes with M23 rebels, UN ...

causing what the United Nations called “mass panic” among its 2 million people and leading Congo’s government to call it a “declaration of war.” With the airport shut down and roads ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rwandan-backed rebels moved to tighten their grip on the strategic city of Goma in the east of the ...

as the United Nations described a mass panic among its 2 million people and Congo's government said the rebel advance was a "declaration of war." The M23 rebels announced the city's capture in a ...