The M23 armed group has seized further territory in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and on Thursday was ...

Laden with just the possessions they can carry, thousands of displaced people have reached the outskirts of the city of Goma ...

M23 rebels are steadily encircling Goma, the DRC's strategic eastern city, as the national army struggles to defend its ...

Luggage on their backs, they trudged all Wednesday morning along the road leading to downtown Goma, fleeing the advancing ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken over the key eastern trading town of Minova, ...

The M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken over the town of Minova, threatening Goma. The conflict has displaced 484,000 people, with Congo and the UN accusing Rwanda of supporting ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Democratic ... Congo and the United Nations accuse neighbouring Rwanda of backing the group with its own troops and weapons. Rwanda denies this.

The Rwanda-backed rebels took the city of Minova after dislodging government forces on Tuesday. Located on the shores of Lake ...

Amid an uptick in fighting, the United Nations says more than 237,000 people have been forced from their homes in the eastern DRC since the start of the year.

Rwanda refutes these claims. Corneille Nangaa, the leader of the anti-government Congo River Alliance, which includes M23, declared the town under their control. Governor Jean-Jacques Purusi confirmed ...