A delay to the start of the talks risks scuppering an ambitious pledge by the two sides to end the fighting in eastern Congo ...

GOMA, DR Congo, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group on Thursday accused the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) military of repeated ceasefire violations ahead of a crucial ...

A basketball academy that offers young people a lifeline and a chance to dream is hanging on in the Congolese city of Goma, despite years of war and the chaos and violence that have followed a rebel ...

Hundreds of foreign nationals, including World Bank staff, crossed into Rwanda from Goma on Wednesday (January 29) as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels consolidated control over eastern Congo's largest city.

The M23 militia, supported by thousands of Rwandan troops, captured Goma in late January despite resistance from the Congolese military, UN peacekeepers and a southern African military contingent.

KINSHASA (Reuters) -Rwanda-backed M23 rebels killed at least 319 civilians, including 48 women and 19 children, last month in ...

M23 seized Goma in 2012 and controlled it for over a week. As news of fighting spread, schools in Goma sent students home on Thursday morning. “We are told that the enemy wants to enter the city.

After rumors of forced recruitment in Goma by the M23 rebel movement, parents rushed into schools to collect their children, while others ran for their lives. School officials and M23 authorities ...

Insecurity has been replaced by mistrust and paranoia, it’s hard to know who poses danger. But, residents say they are ...

M23 President Runiga said that withdrawal from Goma was "under consideration" and, while M23 did not oppose the idea "in principle," no decision had been taken yet, according to M23 spokesman Lt ...

M23 seized Goma in 2012 and controlled it for over a week. Congolese government troops deploy outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, as M23 rebels are reported to ...

Congolese army soldiers patrol in Minova, some 45 kilometres west of Goma. Congo said on Sunday it would not negotiate with M23 rebels in the east until they pulled out of Goma.