Close to 300 foreign mercenaries surrendered to UN peacekeeping forces after being contracted by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to fight against the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.

Congolese President, Félix Tshisekedi, has said he will not concede defeat to the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, who have seized control of most ...

On January 27, M23 rebels, a group synonymous with the March 23 Movement claimed that they had taken over Goma, on the ...

The group’s announcement came hours after President Felix Tshisekedi called for a massive military mobilisation to resist the ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off ...

Rwandan-backed M23 fighters captured Goma. It's an advance that could escalate an already deeply divided region.

The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country.

Rwandan-backed rebels declare they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma, as their troops continue to claim more territory in the mineral rich region.

In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...

Kagame's comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to back off from DR Congo, where its military involvement ...

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

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels asserted their control over east Congo's largest city Goma on Thursday by calling on residents to ...