Over the past two years, the Kivus and Ituri regions have witnessed increased violence due to a military campaign by the M23.

Restoration work in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma after the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group declared a "ceasefire" from 4 February. A day after the ceasefire was supposed to come ...

Bukavu rises from chaos, but scars remain. Looters and rebels left devastation, yet merchants return, clinging to hope. As ...

None of Zawadi Sifa's seven children has known life without fear and the constant threat of violence. Her story mirrors that ...

After the M23 Rwanda-backed rebels Feb. 16 occupied Bukavu, a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Catholic ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is in turmoil - fighters from the notorious M23 rebel group have been surging through the ...

At a recent summit in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, leaders of eight African states released a statement calling for an immediate ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels confirmed they were in the city to restore order ...