A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...
The militia seized the pivotal city of Goma, threatening a new humanitarian crisis in a region that has suffered decades of ...
Rwanda-backed rebels say they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of ...
Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...
The M23 group is one of about 100 armed factions vying for a foothold in eastern Congo in one of Africa’s longest wars, which ...
The Rwandan government attributed the recent heavy fighting near Goma to the repeated violations of ceasefire agreements by the Congolese armed forces in alliance with the UN-sanctioned FDLR militia, ...
DAKAR, Senegal — Bodies are lying on the streets . Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against the backdrop of gunfire and explosions. Electricity, water ...
THE United Nations Security Council convened an emergency meeting on Sunday over deadly clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after Kinshasa withdrew its diplomats from Kigali as ...