The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the ...

"In Bukavu, foreigners are fleeing," missionaries from the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu tell Fides. "The various embassies in Kinshasa have ordered their compatriots to leave the ...

The U.N. says Rwanda-backed rebels were quickly expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing the region’s major ...

The security situation in the city of Goma is deteriorating, and journalists can no longer report, the media has been forced ...

The ICRC has treated more than 600 wounded and injured people since the start of January, of which around half were civilians ...

Since neighboring Rwanda’s Tutsi genocide, eastern DR Congo has faced relentless war. Beyond security concerns, Kigali ...

Earlier this week the Tutsi-led M23 rebels seized Goma, the largest city in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo which is home to lucrative gold, coltan and tin ore mines ...

The UN says at least 700 people have been killed in intense fighting in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, since Sunday. UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said 2,800 people ...

No fewer than 100 people have been killed in clashes between the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 fighters ...

In recent weeks, the armed conflict between the M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by their allies, has flared up again ...