The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first ...

By Sonia Rolley (Reuters) -When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to ...

Since marching into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's biggest city Goma, some services have been restored and the border ...

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

By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed rebels strengthened their ...

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 homes in eastern Congo as the rebels advanced on Goma ...

NAIROBI — Gunfire and explosions ripped through the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday as the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group clashed with government forces.

“M23 has declared the airspace over Goma closed,” she added. “In other words, we are trapped.” She said the U.N. was temporarily relocating nonessential personnel from the city. Congo’s ...

M23 fighters marched into Goma on Monday in the worst escalation since 2012 of a three-decade conflict rooted in the long fallout from the Rwandan genocide and the struggle for control of Congo's ...

with the backing of several thousand Rwandan troops who are in Congo, according to United Nations experts. This time, M23 appears to be in a stronger position to keep hold of Goma, a city made up ...

The Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 is battling Congolese government forces in Congo's key city of Goma, causing the international airport there to be evacuated. M23 is one of about 100 armed groups ...

M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, claimed to have taken control of Goma, eastern Congo's largest city, early on Monday, while a 48-hour deadline for the Congolese army to surrender expired.