Regional leaders call on all warring parties - including the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels - to meet within five days.

The Rwanda-backed M23 is closing on the town of Kavumu in South Kivu in an offensive that has left thousands dead.

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

We'll look at the latest developments in the instability and violence in a region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda-backed fighters are battling Congolese troops.

Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes of the precious ...

Intense clashes broke out as the armed group seized a mining town in South Kivu province and resumed its advance towards the ...

Officials and residents say Rwanda-backed rebels have gained ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they ...

The capture of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last week by the M23 rebel group follows a three-year insurgency heavily supported by neighbouring Rwanda despite its ...

The M23 and Rwandan forces on Wednesday launched a new offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing a mining ...

At least 17 people have been killed in clashes between M23 rebels backed by Rwanda and forces loyal to the Democratic Republic of Congo's government in the eastern city of Goma, hospital sources ...

Goma (AFP) – Clashes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's besieged city of Goma have killed at least 17 people and wounded nearly 370, hospital sources said on Monday, as the Congolese ...

Rebels from the Rwanda-backed M23 group have reportedly killed North Kivu Governor, Peter Cirimwami as fighting intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The governor was fatally ...