The group rose to prominence in 2012 when its fighters seized Goma, the capital of North Kivu province and eastern Congo’s largest city, on the border with Rwanda. M23 is one of about 100 armed ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The governor of eastern Congo’s North-Kivu province died from injuries sustained on the front line Thursday as M23 rebels close in on Goma, authorities said Friday.

WARNING: This story contains an image that may be disturbing to some readers. Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu ...

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The rebels have seized vast swathes of land in the eastern DR Congo, including the major city of Goma. They are now pushing towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu - another key city in the region.

A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has ... the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province. More than a dozen foreign ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long ...

Rebels have captured eastern town of Nyabibwe Government says its forces resist advance U.N. estimates at least 2,800 killed in fighting GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Feb 5 (Reuters ...

GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels were quickly ... The rebels were now about 60 kilometers (37 miles) from South Kivu's provincial capital of Buakavu and “seem to be moving quite fast ...

In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Congolese authorities said ... in the mining town of Nyabibwe in South Kivu. "Our positions have been attacked," the spokesperson for the Congolese ...

The M23 had been reported to be gaining ground in other areas of eastern Congo and advancing on another provincial capital, Bukavu, in South Kivu. On Tuesday, U.N, spokesman Stephane Dujarric told ...