Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. She would become one of many ...

The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...

Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...

The Banyene family’s return to Sake, a town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was far from a homecoming.

More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...

Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city just over a month ago. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical ...

The fall of the town put Goma, around 40 km (25 miles) away, in the rebels' sights. The rebel group marched into eastern Congo's largest city Goma, in the worst escalation of a long-running ...

Over the past two months, the M23, together with as many as 10,000 to 12,000 Rwandan troops, has overrun an area of eastern Congo that is home to more than five million people. In late January, the ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — African leaders on Thursday announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, ...

The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...

The EU is set to impose sanctions on around 10 individuals over the offensive by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in ...