The M23 rebel group have captured the city of Goma in the eastern DRC in a major escalation of a drawn-out conflict.

A day after the rebels marched into the lakeside city, protesters in the capital attacked a UN compound and embassies ...

France's foreign minister was due in Rwanda on Thursday after talks in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of efforts to ...

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

Goma residents and UN sources said dozens of troops had surrendered, but some soldiers and pro-government militiamen were ...

France has led European Union condemnation of attacks on embassies in Kinshasa. Germany said it had canceled planned ...

Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city, Goma, on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to ...

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...

The violence echoed far from Goma as protesters in the country's capital attacked at least 10 embassies, including those of France and the U.S., which urged citizens to leave the city. Congo’s ...

President Paul Kagame said Rwanda was ready for "confrontation" as he rejected criticism over his backing for M23 rebels who ...

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