With three neighbouring armies already on the ground, a conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is evolving into a wider regional war.

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse. Congolese soldiers near the city of Goma ...

Congo has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces rages around the key eastern city of Goma, leaving at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign ...

Rebels say Congo soldiers 'abandoned' population Army exit gave rise to crime, prison break Rapid offensive has fanned fears of a wider war Congo accuses Rwanda of seizing minerals Feb 17 (Reuters ...

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 ...

Panic swept through eastern Congo's second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels. The morning after M23 ...

BUKAVU – Stamattina i ribelli sostenuti dal Ruanda hanno raggiunto il centro di Bukavu, la seconda città più grande del Congo orientale, e hanno preso il controllo dell'ufficio amministrativo ...