A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

Rwanda-backed rebels say they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of ...

M23 insurgency has intensified, with the Rwanda-backed rebels seizing control of more territory than ever before, prompting ...

Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...

Civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are at increasing risk as the abusive M23 armed group, supported by the ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

Congolese troops pushed back an attempted overnight advance by Rwanda-backed rebels on the eastern city of Goma, two ...

Volker Turk says crisis in Goma has left civilians exposed to 'gross human rights violations and abuses and serious ...

Two people in Minova told Human Rights Watch that since the M23 occupied the town, which is also on the lake, travel by boat to Goma had been effectively banned. The hostilities in eastern Congo ...

Civilians in eastern DR Congo face "increasing risks" as Rwandan-backed group M23 closes in on the key city of Goma, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.