The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have released captured Romanian mercenaries who were fighting with the Congolese army. As they ...

Nairobi. As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who seized the city of Goma extended their advance on Wednesday, and ...

The Romanians were contracted to help the army fight the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who say they are fighting to protect the ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...

The United Nations expressed deep concern at reports of M23 rebels and Rwandan troops advancing south towards the Congolese city of Bukavu on Thursday, as the militants sought also to assert their ...

Rwandan-backed rebels declare they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma, as their troops continue to claim more territory in the mineral rich region.

In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...

The rebel leader whose fighters have captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has vowed to continue their offensive all the way to the capital, Kinshasa. Corneille ...

When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw. Instead, ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel alliance that has besieged swathes of the nation’s mineral-rich east and ...

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They may be on opposite sides of the Congolese battlefield only by proxy, but Pretoria and Kigali are now trading undiplomatic warnings. The war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is also ...