In the last 48 hours, two U.N. peacekeepers from South Africa and one from Uruguay were killed and 11 peacekeepers were ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo are seeking to advance south towards Bukavu, the capital of South ...

Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a “mass panic” among its 2 million people and Congo’s government said the ...

Rebels led by the M23 group claim to have taken control of Goma, a key city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The DRC government and the UN accuse Rwanda under President Paul Kagame of supporting M23 with soldiers and weapons in a bid to control the mineral-rich eastern DRC. Rwanda denies the charge and ...

The city’s capture came following a 48-hour deadline imposed by the group for the Congolese army to surrender their weapons. The M23 rebel movement announced the coup d’etat in a statement.

M23 forces were later advancing south from the ... the conflict by deploying thousands of its own troops and heavy weapons on Congolese soil in support of M23. The accusations are based on a ...

Rebels led by the M23 group claim to have taken control of ... gave government forces until 3am on Monday to surrender their weapons. As the first rebels entered Goma, in some areas "residents ...

Rebels backed by Rwanda captured more towns in eastern Congo as fighters moved beyond the key city of Goma in an apparent ...