The M23 group is one of about 100 armed factions vying for a foothold in eastern Congo, where a decades-long conflict has ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have claimed to capture a key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - Goma. This is the ...

At the beginning of the colonial period, the territory of present-day Rwanda was inhabited by three ethnic groups: Hutu, Tutsi and Twa. There was a clan system, which declined by the early 15th ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have claimed ... as well as moderate Hutus and Twa, Indigenous people. When Tutsi-led forces fought back, nearly 2 million Hutus crossed into Congo ...

the U.N. says Rwanda has sent thousands of its troops into Congo. Some 500,000 people fled their homes in eastern Congo as the rebels advanced on Goma, according to the U.N. refugee agency.

Several African countries are facing poverty and challenges, yet global superpowers are keen to exploit their weaknesses and ...