More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in ...

M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.

Residents say Rwanda-backed rebels appear to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo. International pressure ...

Several groups of artists gathered this Wednesday in Dakar to paint a mural and denounce the violence between the armed group M23 and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Goma.

Armed Fighters Have Raped Scores of Children in Eastern Congo, UNICEF Says DAKAR, Senegal (AP ... In late January, the rebels captured Goma, the region’s largest city, in a major escalation of the ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Rwanda-backed rebels have captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped.

Supported by By Caleb Kabanda and Ruth Maclean Photographs by Guerchom Ndebo Caleb Kabanda and Guerchom Ndebo reported from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ruth Maclean from Dakar ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern ...

The Eastern Congo rebel alliance that includes the M23 has declared a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons starting on Feb. 4, ...

People board the first boat leaving Bukavu heading to Goma on Lake Kivu since the eastern Congo city was taken by M23 rebels ...

GOMA, Congo — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers, the families say, with the troops’ wives chased ...