Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents shot dead three boys who had picked up guns left by Congolese soldiers fleeing the rebel advance ...

Residents of eastern Congo's second-largest city on Monday surveyed the aftermath of widespread looting that accompanied the ...

Local authorities and civil society leaders confirmed 2,500 prisoners escaped and there was widespread looting after M23 took ...

BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said ...

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 ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 fighters claim to have taken control of Kavumu airport serving Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long ...

BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo whose residents appeared resigned to their fate under ...

People walk past Independence Square in Bukavu, eastern Congo, on Saturday. (Janvier Barhahiga/The Associated Press) "It's a disgrace. Some citizens have fallen victim to stray bullets.

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

The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of rebel groups that includes M23, blamed Congolese troops and their allies from local ...