The death toll from clashes between Democratic Republic of Congo troops and M23 rebels has surged in less than a week.

There were 773 bodies in hospital morgues in and around the eastern Congolese city of Goma as of January 30 following this week's offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, the Democratic Republic of ...

The M23 rebel alliance besieged Goma and forced hundreds of local troops to surrender, a move that has been condemned by ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will dispatch a team to North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to facilitate the repatriation of deceased and injured SA National Defence ...

A shifting political calculus by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risks triggering another war in the Great Lakes Region, ...

At the crisis talks in Harare, SADC reaffirmed its support of the DRC "in its pursuit of safeguarding its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity," as the conflict threatens to spill over.

M23 seized control of most of North Kivu's capital Goma, a densely populated city of three million people, one million of..

SADC leaders pledged commitment at crisis talks in Zimbabwe as M23 rebels advance on Bukavu, just days after seizing Goma. The UN says at least 700 people have been killed since Sunday.

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

More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the ...