The M23 rebels took control of a town 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Bukavu despite a ceasefire.

Rwandan-backed rebels are gaining ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week.

NEWS ANALYSIS. The capture of Goma by the M23 rebel movement and Rwandan army forces has positioned Kigali as the dominant ...

A little over a week ago, the town of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) fell to the Congolese rebel group, M23. The response to its fall by the DR Congo government, the United ...

Hundreds of women were raped and burned to death after militants raided a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has told CNN he doesn't know if his country's troops are in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting between the M23 armed group and Congolese ...

Hundreds of women were sexually assaulted before being butchered during a mass jail break from the Munzenze jail last week, ...

Red Cross personnel load bodies of victims of the fighting between Congolese government forces and M23 rebels in a truck in ...

Relations between Rwanda and South Africa have soured as security deteriorates in eastern DR Congo. As the violence escalates, both regional powers seem unable to build bridges - but why?

Rebels in Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city, observed a cease-fire Tuesday, allowing residents to hastily bury around 2,000 ...