The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first ...

(Reuters) -Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by ...

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 ...

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

M23 forces were later advancing south from ... Rwanda has a long history of military intervention inside Congo. It and Uganda invaded in 1996 and 1998, claiming they were defending themselves ...

Some 400,000 people have fled their homes in eastern Congo as the rebels advanced on Goma, according to the U.N. refugee agency. In the last few days, many more have arrived in the city.

Goma is the capital of Congo’s mineral-rich North ... U.N. report of providing covert support to M23 to gain influence in the area — a claim that Uganda denied. Sands reported from London.

Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes the M23, told Reuters his forces controlled the city. His claim could not be independently verified amid conflicting accounts of ...

M23 forces were later advancing south from ... Rwanda has a long history of military intervention inside Congo. It and Uganda invaded in 1996 and 1998, claiming they were defending themselves ...

Rwanda's ally Uganda, unhappy about another rebel group in DR Congo that threatens its security, has also been accused of helping the M23 - with its officers also spotted at Tchanzu. The UN ...

PHOTO/REUTERS Dead bodies lay in the streets, gunfire rang out and hospitals were overwhelmed in east Congo's largest city on Tuesday, as M23 rebels backed by Rwanda faced pockets of resistance ...