Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city. U.N. officials reported ...

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Curious, I opened the attachment. It was a photo of some of the carnage in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – to be precise, the photo of corpses of those killed in the DRC’s never ...

DRC accuses Rwanda of backing the rebel group and has cut diplomatic ties with the country. Meanwhile, Kenyan President William Ruto, the current chair of the East African Community, is calling on ...

The DRC conflict has hit closer to home, with 13 SANDF members losing their lives at the weekend, in the city of Goma.

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) risks spilling over into a regional war, it is feared, as Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have captured the key city of Goma. The leader of a rebel ...

The DRC has accused neighbouring Rwanda of fuelling the M23 rebellion and has now severed diplomatic ties with it. Rwanda has denied the claims but last year admitted it has troops and missile ...

Goma in Eastern DRC was captured by the M23 rebel group, backed by Rwanda. This swift takeover highlights significant issues ...

The M23 rebels captured Goma City, the biggest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on January 27 after five years of fighting that started at the Bunagana border, which Uganda ...

Picture: AFP JOHANNESBURG - The United Nations (UN) Security Council has denounced the flagrant disregard for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ...

"We call for an immediate ceasefire and end to this fighting. Rwanda must withdraw troops from the DRC. Rwanda and the DRC must return to the negotiating table and work toward a sustainable ...

"Active zones of combat have spread to all quarters of the city, all the neighborhoods of the city," Lemarquis, the deputy U.N. envoy and top U.N. aid official in the DRC, told reporters in New ...