Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.

One particularly horrific incident came to light when a mother recounted how her six daughters were systematically raped by ...

Congo says over 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory ...

The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.

The clamor of hammering and the noise of rattling corrugated metal roofs echoed in Goma’s Bulengo camp for internally ...

Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, ...

a resident of Goma. The Congolese government confirmed the presence of M23 rebels in Goma, 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) east of capital Kinshasa, but stopped short of saying they were in control ...

M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, claimed to have taken control of Goma, eastern Congo's largest city, early on Monday, while a 48-hour deadline for the Congolese army to surrender expired.

T he AFC/M23 rebels early Monday, January 27, announced that they captured Goma, the capital of eastern DR Congo's North Kivu Province. The rebels announced the city's capture in a statement ...

M23 rebels have reportedly "occupied" Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, positioning themselves at the governor's ...

The armed group, backed by several thousand Rwandan soldiers, has taken the capital of South Kivu province. It continues to ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered east Congo’s second-largest city of Bukavu, residents and a community leader say ...