The group took control of Masisi, a town and local administrative centre about 80km (50 miles) from the major city of Goma, on Saturday, provincial parliament member Alexis Bahunga told the ...

M23 rebels captured the town of Masisi on Monday, leading to a mass exodus of people in the face of a new offensive by the rebel group that saw them take over two strategic towns in the east of the ...

The M23 says it is protecting ethnic Tutsis from persecution Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to various ...

The March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have claimed the capture of Masisi town in Masisi territory, North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The capture of Masisi town happened on ...

Sources told AFP Friday that the M23 had taken control of the Katale area — the last place the rebels must pass before entering Masisi, the administrative capital of the Masisi territory.

On Friday, heavy fighting happened in Kibuye, Katovu and Mount Rukicha, approximately five kilometres from Katale a locality considered as the gateway to Masisi Center, according to locals in the area ...

Sources told AFP Friday that the M23 had taken control of the Katale area _ the last place the rebels must pass before entering Masisi, the administrative capital of the Masisi territory.

Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to various reports. This is the second town seized by the M23 group in as ...

DJAFFAR AL KATANTY / REUTERS Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) seized control of the city of Masisi, a key town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday, January 4. M23 ...