Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.

The M23 movement, supported by some 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, according to U.N. experts, now controls large tracts of troubled eastern Congo. Its rapid advance has sent tens of thousands fleeing.

The defection ceremony took place in front of the provincial police headquarters, drawing the attention of the local ...

Congo says over 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in its mineral-rich eastern region. And the European Union says it ...

As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja ...

Former DRC police join M23 as rebels advance, while Lubero residents fear imminent attack Former DRC police officers in ...

Congo’s president says he is going to launch a unity government, as violence spreads across the country’s east and pressure ...

Local sources contacted by Aid to the Church in Need said the killings took place between Feb. 12 and Feb. 15 in Maiba, a ...

Crowds of Congolese police officers who switched to the M23 rebel group sang and clapped in occupied Bukavu city on Saturday, ...

Rebels advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on ...

Rebels from the M23, backed by the Rwandan army, continue to advance in South Kivu drawing closer to the Burundian border, where troops sent by President Évariste Ndayishimiye have gradually retreated ...