Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have withdrawn from peace talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo that were set to start ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels launching an offensive in east Congo abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals ...

The European Union (EU) imposed sanctions on Monday on nine individuals, including leaders of the M23 rebel group and senior ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 group said it would not attend Tuesday's peace talks with the DR Congo government in the Angolan capital Luanda following EU sanctions on some of its top brass. The peace talks ...

Unlike Goma, the movement met little resistance from ... Pope Francis referred to the Congo violence as an overlooked genocide perpetrated by generations of exploiters, plunderers and power ...

The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...

And ferry service resumed between Goma and Bukavu, the only way to travel between them for now. Rwanda has accused Congo of enlisting ethnic Hutu fighters responsible for the 1994 genocide in ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 group said it would not attend Tuesday's peace talks with the DR Congo government in the Angolan ...

In response to the M23 and Rwandan troops taking control of Goma, Brussels called on the European Union to consider sanctions against Kigali in late January. Rwanda cut its diplomatic relations with ...

"This is the most worrying period of Goma's history," he said ... The decades long conflict has its roots - in part - in the Rwanda genocide of 1994, when around 800,000 people, mostly Tutis ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.