Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...

More than 230,000 people have fled surging violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of the year, the United Nations said Friday, labelling it one of the world's "most alarming" ...

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

The Congolese army says several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces ... rich region near the border with Rwanda. The conflict has created one of ...

Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces ... and mineral-rich region near the border with Rwanda. The conflict has created one of the ...

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

It is about 80km (50 miles) north of the North Kivu provincial capital Goma ... until early December when fighting resumed. In July, Rwanda did not deny a UN report saying it had about 4,000 ...

Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi ... by the M23 group in as many days in the mineral-rich North Kivu province. The group has taken control of vast swathes of eastern ...