Last year, there were fears that the M23 would once again march on Goma, a city of about two million people. However, there ...

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda urged Congolese authorities Thursday to negotiate with a violent rebel group that has seized ...

The Congolese army says several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been ...

Swelling violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced some 237,000 people since the start of the year, the ...

Goma, and a strategic entry point into the country's interior. The M23 is one of over 100 armed groups that have been vying ...

KINSHASA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized a strategic eastern town near the provincial capital Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo, local politicians said on Sunday.

Dozens more people have been injured and many displaced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent clashes between the Congolese army and M23 fighters, local sources and NGOs told AFP Wednesday ...

The rebel group rose to prominence a decade ago when its fighters seized Goma, which borders Rwanda. It derives its name from a March 23, 2009, peace deal it accuses the Congolese government of ...

Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi ... It is about 80km (50 miles) north of the North Kivu provincial capital Goma, which the M23 briefly occupied in 2012.

Masisi, with a population of around 40,000, which lies about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the North Kivu provincial ...