Following his tour of Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu in eastern DR Congo, Alain Destexhe, a former Belgian senator, said that he found the city to be peaceful as inhabitants went about ...

Kinshasa estimates that more than 7,000 people have been killed in eastern DR Congo since M23 rebels began seizing territory there this year, while the Rwanda-backed rebels claim to be ...

M23 rebels guard outside the South Kivu province administrative ... Six soldiers stand guard outside an office building surrounded by a metal fence, with two Congolese flags hanging above. Sign up for ...

On Sunday, M23 rebels captured the city of 1.3 million people after it was abandoned by Congolese forces. Bukavu lies 63 miles (101 kilometers) south of Goma, which was captured by the rebels in ...

People head out onto Kivu Lake with their belongings from the Bulengo camp for displaced people near Goma, Democratic Rebuplic of Congo, on Tuesday after being ordered to vacate by the M23 armed ...

BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels confirmed they were in the city to restore order ...

BUKAVU, Congo — (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels confirmed they were in the city to ...