The United Nations says Rwanda-backed rebels captured large parts of eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma including its ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi is not taking part in regionally brokered talks aimed at ending ...

Just over three years after the resurgence of the M23 in eastern DR Congo, the rebel group's war with a government coalition saw its biggest escalation on Sunday, January 26, when the rebels entered ...

Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN humanitarian office (OCHA), told a briefing in Geneva colleagues had reported “heavy small arms fire and mortar fire across the city and the presence of many dead ...

The ongoing violence has exacerbated fears of a public health crisis, with the Red Cross warning of the potential spread of ...

The latest advances are part of a major escalation of a decades-old conflict over power, identity and resources ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in what ...

A collision occurred at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington DC when an American Airlines passenger plane hit a military helicopter during landing.

The weeks-long march of the M23 armed group has prompted calls for crisis talks, as well as rising international criticism ...

A total of 288 European mercenaries who had been fighting alongside the Congolese army coalition (FARDC) arrived in Rwanda on Wednesday afternoon.