In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...
By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed rebels strengthened their ...
The fall of Goma in North Kivu marks a temporary low point in eastern DRC’s decades-long turmoil.
Congo has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces rages around the ...
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
After seizing the biggest city in eastern DR Congo, the Rwandan-backed armed group M23 was advancing south through a ...
The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country.
The international community is talking tough on Rwanda’s involvement on the M23 rebellion in eastern DRC. But analysts say ...
According to the United Nations and the United States, M23 is directed and supported by Rwanda; the U.N. says Rwanda has sent thousands of its troops into Congo. Some 500,000 people fled their ...
Much of the beleagured city of Goma was calm early Wednesday morning, after a day during which thousands of fleeing people ...
The U.N. says Rwanda-backed rebels are expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing the region's major city.