Shifting calculations by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risk triggering another war in the Great Lakes Region, underscoring importance of African mediators and global partners acting quickly to stem ...

Internally displaced civilians from the camps in Munigi and Kibati, carry their belongings as they flee following the fight between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have claimed to capture a key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - Goma. This is the ...

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Congo’s foreign minister, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, told the Security Council that Rwanda was committing “a frontal aggression, a declaration of war which no longer hides itself behind ...

Congo’s foreign minister, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, told the Security Council that Rwanda was committing “a frontal aggression, a declaration of war which no longer hides itself behind ...

The United Nations reported widespread panic among the city's two million residents, and Congo's government condemned the rebel advance as a "declaration of war." The rebels issued their statement ...

There are fears that the M23 capture of Goma could trigger a broader war between Congo and Rwanda. Troops from the two countries were exchanging fire across their border on Monday, according to a ...