There have been several attempts to resolve the spiralling conflict, rooted in the fallout from Rwanda's 1994 genocide and ...

The leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in eastern Congo says international sanctions and the planned minerals ...

The leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in eastern Congo tells The Associated Press that international sanctions ...

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda ... "My predecessor spent 18 years in power without rebuilding the army," the president told the US daily The New York Times. Some members of the armed forces ...

Rebels battling soldiers, militiamen on Walikale outskirts Walikale is farthest west the rebels have reached Fighting follows ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have pushed deeper into the eastern ... we’ll say it doesn’t concern us.” An officer in the Congolese military told the AFP news agency that forces had “retreated ...

Congolese soldiers near the city of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, in January, shortly before the M23 militia captured ... Then, after independence, the United States and Belgium backed ...

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. "One of the main factors explaining the weakness ...

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance in eastern DR Congo. "One of the main factors explaining the weakness of ...

“If the FARDC (DRC’s army ... into the top 10. M23 seizes mining hub, with rebel alliance leader saying call for a ceasefire from DRC and Rwanda ‘doesn’t concern us’.

Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC’s army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu ...