Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong fighting against Congolese forces.

Why rebels have seized two cities in troubled DR Congo - Here’s how we got here, and whether this could escalate further ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

The war erupting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has its roots in the Rwandan genocide and the bloodiest war of the 21st ...

including with Rwanda-backed rebels whose advance has fanned fears of a wider war. In late January, the M23 rebels captured Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - the ...

The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered ... the spill-over of a civil war. It's demanding that Kinshasa ...

The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a humanitarian ... its borders against the spill-over of a civil war. It's ...

The fighting has prompted hundreds of thousands of people to flee and fueled government accusations that Rwanda was declaring war by supporting ... the first and second Congo Wars until he was ...

On 27 January, Rwanda-backed Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) forces took control of Goma, capital of the Democratic Republic of ...

If the Congolese side violates the ceasefire ... The more than 20 years which passed since the end of the Second Congo War were also characterized by instability: The presence of alternating ...

International Criminal Court prosecutors said on Wednesday they were closely monitoring events in Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels are trying to expand their territory ...