Government acts against mining smuggling The Congolese government has implemented new measures to combat mining smuggling in ...

Residents trying to resume daily lives amid precarious calm in provincial capital of South Kivu province - Anadolu Ajansı ...

They poured out of the countryside and into the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east. M23 rebels, backed by Congo’s neighbor Rwanda, were attacking. Goma was under siege.

Thousands fled the city of Goma on Monday as fighting raged between Congolese forces and rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda, who claimed to have captured eastern Congo’s largest regional hub ...

it's not over yet," senior U.N. official in Congo, Bruno Lemarquis, said on Monday after Rwandan-backed M23 rebels claimed to have control of Goma. "Active zones of combat have spread to all ...

A Rwanda-backed militia seized the pivotal Congolese city of Goma this week, threatening a new humanitarian crisis after decades of fighting. By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal.

Rebels seize Nyabibwe in South Kivu province, despite declaring ceasefire starting Tuesday due to humanitarian difficulties ...

“Hospitals in Goma have received hundreds of wounded patients ... despite Monday’s ceasefire. Local news website Actualite.cd reported that intense fighting erupted between the M23 ...

NAIROBI — Gunfire and explosions ripped through the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday as the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group clashed with government forces.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Once again, the eastern Congolese city of Goma has fallen to the Rwanda-backed ...