In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents, who have already taken two key cities ...

The First Congo War, also known as Africa’s First World War, took place from October 1996 till May 1997. It involved multiple ...

A Rwandan government minister and M23 rebel group spokesperson were sanctioned Thursday by US for alleged involvement in ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong ...

The AU Peace and Security Council meeting in Addis Ababa crystallized tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

Catholics and Protestants in Kinshasa attended Sunday church services under heavy police protection after supporters of ...

Bukavu and Goma, on the southern and northern edges ... according to U.N. experts. President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has acknowledged that Rwandan soldiers are present in eastern Congo but has ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

Neither Rwandan President Paul Kagame nor his Congolese counterpart ... Having captured the key provincial capital of Goma last month, the Rwandan-backed armed group M23 pushed south.

The DR Congo insists on a military solution in the fight against the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels. Analysts say the fall of Bukavu could complicate matters.

In the last of our five-part ‘Stories from Goma’ series, The New Times takes a closer look at the big picture, with a dive into what some have described as stark evidence of a mindboggling plan by DR ...