The resurgence of the M23 (March 23 movement) rebel group has once again drawn global attention to the eastern Democratic ...

Jordan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in ...

Germany’s development ministry said Tuesday it will suspend new financial commitments to Rwanda over that country's alleged ...

DRC hopes opening its vast mine fields to the Western world will pave way to long lasting peace while stemming support to ...

At least 11 people have died and 65 others injured after explosions hit a rally being held by M23 rebel group leaders in the captured city of Bukavu, eastern DR Congo.

Burundi troops -- allies of Kinshasa -- were still deploying Tuesday in east DR Congo, as the UK announced it was suspending ...

LIVE: M23 Captures South Kivu’s Capital Bukavu as DR Congo Soldiers Flee | Firstpost Africa Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have ...

A draft resolution seen by AFP "strongly condemns the ongoing offensive and advances of the M23 in North-Kivu and South Kivu with the support of Rwanda Defense Forces." The M23 group now controls ...

M23 fighters on Friday advanced further on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east as international pressure mounted on Rwanda to stop backing the armed group and halt the fighting .

Rwanda's government has asserted solidarity with a top official sanctioned by the U.S. over violence in eastern Congo ...

Recent weeks have seen the rapid progression of the Rwanda-backed M23, which has seized vast tracts of the eastern DRC, including the cities of Goma and Bukavu on Lake Kivu.