M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center ...

The Second Congo War would draw in nine different countries and go on for five years. By some estimates, it would go on to become the single bloodiest war since World War II, with anywhere from ...

The M23 are the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control of eastern Congo’s trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that’s critical for much of the world’s technology.

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

says it has taken what it calls defensive measures and accuses Congo of fighting alongside the FDLR, which has attacked Tutsis in both countries. Rwanda has a long history of military intervention ...

The M23 are the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control of eastern Congo’s trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that’s critical for much of the world’s technology.

Congo PM Demands 'Withdrawal of Rwandan Troops ... "We are an independent country and we must protect the integrity of our territory." Earlier, the chief of Uganda's defence forces, General ...

-Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting little resistance from government troops ...

There has been fierce fighting as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance towards the second-largest city in eastern Democratic ...

The deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo ... World War II. Its last major regional upheaval broke out in 1998 as Congo’s then-President Laurent Kabila invited forces from ...

Why rebels have seized two cities in troubled DR Congo - Here’s how we got here, and whether this could escalate further ...