The United States sanctioned a Rwandan official and a Rwandan-backed rebel leader over recent fighting in the Congo.

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

According to AFP, between 500 and 1,000 Rwandan special forces reinforced M23 near Goma, while other sources estimate up to 4,000 troops. Despite support from mercenaries, Burundian troops ...

M23 rebels fighting the Congolese army in eastern Congo are using advanced weapons and equipment similar to those used by the ...

M23 fighters have been pressing to capture strategic eastern city for months and intensified offensives in recent days.

The M23 rebels announced the capture of Goma in a statement minutes before a 48-hour deadline imposed by the group for the Congolese army to surrender their weapons expired.

In his call with the Rwandan president, "there was also special emphasis on the need to ... Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Monday that Rwandan forces were supporting the M23 rebels in Goma.

Advertisement In a statement, the group called for calm but U.N. Special Representative ... and not repeat or share Rwandan disinformation, saying that government forces were battling to prevent ...

For Kagame, the context all comes down to the Rwandan genocide that took place over 100 days in 1994. The ethnic Hutu militia involved in killing up to 800,000 people - the vast majority from the ...

Protesters in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, have been burning portraits of Rwanda's president and tearing up Rwandan flags as M23 rebels have taken control of most the ...

A child displaced by the fighting between M23 rebels and government soldiers holds a damaged helmet at the camp in Goma, ...