Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.
About 200 wounded and sick soldiers from the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of ...
I fled the fighting in Bweremana between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo [FARDC] and the M23 armed group ...
Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
The crucial ferries were suspended for several days due to fierce fighting between the army and M23 rebels in the region.
The armed group, backed by several thousand Rwandan soldiers, has taken the capital of South Kivu province. It continues to ...
Goma is a humanitarian relief hub for all of eastern DRC, and was the epicentre of a vast crisis before it fell. It hosted ...
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are one of about 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich region in the decades ...
Delcat Idengo, well-known for his critical songs, died after releasing a track condemning the city's rebel occupation.
Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as gunshots continue to ring out around their homes, days after rebel forces ...
On Jan. 29, after an all-out urban warfare battle that killed and injured thousands of people, mostly civilians, Goma, a ...