The advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province threatens to trigger a humanitarian catastrophe in an area already housing thousands of displaced people ...

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

to the south. After meeting resistance from Congolese and Burundian forces, they have said they do not plan to take the city. Uganda and Rwanda have both entered east Congo in the past in the name ...

Uganda has deployed more than 1,000 extra soldiers into east Congo in the last week near an area where the Kinshasa government is fighting M23 rebels, four diplomatic and U.N. sources said, ...

Goma, east Congo's largest city ... no intention of capturing Bukavu, South Kivu's provincial capital, following reports of M23 fighters pushing towards it. Congo army spokesman Sylvain Ekenge ...

Rwandan-backed armed group M23 announced a humanitarian “ceasefire” from Tuesday in DR Congo’s explosive east, days before a planned crisis ... have spread to the neighbouring province of South Kivu, ...

Despite announcing a unilateral ceasefire, they have continued to march south towards the city ... led rebel movements to emerge in Congo’s volatile east. Congo’s government says it is a ...

Ceasefire in East Congo ... Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, eight sources ...

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

(Reuters) - Congo authorities will put at least 75 soldiers on trial on Monday for fleeing the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into the eastern province of South Kivu and for violence against ...