Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, ...

Recent weeks have seen the rapid progression of the Rwanda-backed M23, which has seized vast tracts of the eastern DRC, ...

The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.

Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

The capture of Goma by M23 rebels attracted much noise from western countries and especially the European Parliament. The UN Security Council also held sessions after the fall of Goma, where the UN ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker ... At least 3,000 were reported killed and thousands displaced in the Goma fighting. The M23 is the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups ...

United Nations special envoy to Congo, Bintou Keita, called for an immediate cease fire and an end to hostilities "without ...

The U.N. human rights chief has accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing ...

The M23 armed group is advancing on strategic zones in the eastern DRC after taking two key cities, Goma and Bukavu, ...

Rebel commander Bernard Byamungu told Reuters the M23 has had the city under its control since the middle of the day ...