The leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in eastern Congo tells The Associated Press that international sanctions ...

By Sonia Rolley (Reuters) -Rwanda-backed M23 rebels staging an offensive in east Congo said on Saturday they would withdraw ...

The Congolese group said decision was in line with a ceasefire declared in February and in support of peace initiatives.

Rwanda-backed rebels battling Congo’s army have pushed into a strategic, mineral-rich town in the east, ignoring calls for a ...

"We have nothing more to lose. We will fight until our cause is heard," Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance (AFC) that includes M23, told Reuters on Thursday when asked about the ...

"M23/AFC has taken advantage of the European sanctions to disengage, but this withdrawal also shows a refusal to enter ...

The M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, have taken the strategic town of Walikale in eastern Congo, escalating regional tensions.

leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group. Nangaa dismissed Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi’s comments last week that his country — whose mineral ...

The Congo River Alliance, which includes M23, said in a statement on Saturday that it had "decided to reposition its forces" from Walikale and surrounding areas that M23 took control of this week.