Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have tightened their grip on Goma, the biggest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), signalling a major blow to the Congolese army and a serious ...

The UN estimates there are up to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers in the DRC. In 2012, M23 first seized Goma, but the Congolese army, supported by a UN force, pushed the rebels back into the eastern hills ...

Reports indicate that M23 rebels have entered Goma. The UN demanded that the group stop its Goma ... The council urged Rwanda and the DRC to return to talks to achieve peace and address issues related ...

Taking over Goma would mean the rebels would be controlling the entire province of North Kivu, one of the DRC's richest and most critical regions, and one which shares a border with Rwanda. Defending ...

The U.S. State Department said Secretary of State Marco Rubio “condemned the assault on Goma by the Rwanda-backed M23 and affirmed the United States’ respect for the sovereignty of the DRC ...

This comes after the reportedly Rwandan-backed rebels said over the weekend they had taken control of Goma, the biggest city in the region. Rose Tchwenko, the DRC’s country director for Mercy ...

Ana ci gaba da gwabza kazamin fada tsakanin mayakan M23 da ake zargi na samun goyon bayan Rwanda da kuma sojojin DRC a birnin Goma mai dumbin ma'adinan kasa. An rika ganin gawarwaki yashe a gefen ...

After a lightning offensive, M23 rebels now control Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Congolese rebels and allied Rwandan forces entered the key eastern city of Goma on Sunday and the airport is no longer in use, according to the DRC's top UN official. "M23 and Rwandan forces ...

An armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the airport in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma yesterday ... base of the UN’s mission in DRC. The lightning offensive marks a major ...

READ MORE Gunfire erupts in Goma after M23 and Rwandan troops enter eastern DRC’s largest city The M23’s lightning offensive marks a major escalation in the DRC’s troubled east, haunted by the legacy ...

Various UN peacekeeping troops were killed this weekend in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the rebel M23 ... 17 km from Goma, in addition to guarding the UN Logistics Base housing ...