U.N. peacekeepers have been supporting the Congolese army’s efforts to curb the M23 as part of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ...

UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups. Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a ...

By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar, Senegal, and Justin Makangara from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo on ...

Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say they have seized a second airport in the region. After a days-long advance, M23 rebels said they had seized Kavumu airport ...

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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, witnesses said, as the British government warned the advance risks ...

Rebel forces have been seen in the center of Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on Sunday, residents told CNN, as the fighters push to expand their ...

Earlier on Saturday, Kainerugaba had said, without providing evidence, that people from the Bahima ethnic group were being killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "My people, the Bahima are ...

M23 rebels stand guard during a meeting in Democratic Republic of Congo ...

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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured a strategic airport and closed in on a second major city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, expanding their stranglehold over the country’s mineral-rich east.