Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.

One particularly horrific incident came to light when a mother recounted how her six daughters were systematically raped by ...

The clamor of hammering and the noise of rattling corrugated metal roofs echoed in Goma’s Bulengo camp for internally ...

Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, ...

M23 soldiers manned barricades into the city and cargo trucks dotted the city, parked with no occupants. We rolled into Goma in a dark grey Land Cruiser, previously owned by the Congolese army but ...

Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a diplomatic resolution, emphasizing the urgent need for de-escalation and ...

Aid groups in Goma say their response to the city’s capture by M23 rebels and Rwandan troops late last month is being hampered by insecurity and funding cuts, as uncertainty also grows around how they ...

(Nairobi) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights ...

Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.

M23 rebels have captured Bukavu in the DRC, following Goma's fall, with locals surprisingly welcoming them. The DRC faces ...