Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong ...

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels appeared yesterday to be closing in on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, as they seized control of the nearby airport of Kavumu ...

Earlier on Friday, the Congolese army confirmed that M23 fighters had taken control of Kavumu airport, north of Bukavu, and that Congolese troops had pulled back with their equipment. The rebels ...

Manitoba's Congolese community rallied in Winnipeg to spread awareness and stand in solidarity with the death of their co-nationals in the African country gripped by a war that has recently seen ...

GOMA, Congo — Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.

Rwanda-Backed Rebels Advance and Congolese Forces Retreat From Eastern Congo's Second Largest City GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as ...

UNICEF's communication chief in Congo, said. That was more than a fivefold increase on the week before. Of those treated, 170 were children, she added. Armed men perpetrated the rapes but it was ...