President of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday that his troopers are fighting an insurgence by the Rwandan-backed militant group M23 which recently captured swaths of land in the east.

Rwanda’s evolving stature ensures muted global pressure as M23 advances in eastern Congo - In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared ...

PRETORIA, January 30. /TASS/. Rebels from the Congo River Alliance, a coalition that includes the March 23 Movement (M23), are planning to advance on Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic ...

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Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and ...

When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw. Instead, ...

The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has ...

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Patrick Sison, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or ...

What has been a slow-burn crisis in eastern DRC has again exploded into the open. Kagame appears to have calculated that a ...

On the shores of Lake Kivu, Goma residents were busy filling up plastic jerrycans with lake water. Less than a week since ...

Within the last six months, 93 companies in Ukraine have removed signs of Russian ownership and continue to do business in the country, despite a moratorium on altering the registration of companies ...

As rebels encroached on the city, anxious residents met to discuss escape plans ...