The latest fighting is part of a major escalation of a conflict over power, identity and resources dating back to the 1990s Rwandan genocide.

(Reuters) -Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been ...

In a statement on social media, a spokesperson for the M23 rebels said the group was in control of Kavumu airport in South Kivu province - a key strategic location for the Congolese army - and ...

The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has become a theater of state-sponsored systematic extermination of a people--right under the gaze of a supposedly humane international ...

Why did the M23 militia capture the city of Goma which lies in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo? Does Rwanda have ...

President Paul Kagame has reiterated that Rwanda will always prioritize its security over foreign pressure, dismissing threats of sanctions from some Western nations which falsely blame his country ...

U.N. children’s agency warns the toll may be significantly higher, as M23 rebels continue their advance.

Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.

After bearing witness to waves of fighting throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the eastern Congo city of Bukavu may once ...

Analysis - Apart from the heavy human cost, the return of hybrid warfare to the Democratic Republic of the Congo risks stability on the continent.