Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...

Civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are at increasing risk as the abusive M23 armed group, supported by the ...

Intensified fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has triggered significant new displacement of civilians and injured nine peacekeepers, a UN spokesman said. Farhan Haq, deputy ...

Authorities say the governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained in fighting on the front line as M23 rebels close in on Goma ...

The latest offensive happened last week when the M23 rebels took Masisi, the administrative centre of the Masisi territory, in North Kivu. Days before, they’d captured another town Katale. Thousands ...

What does the capture of Masisi mean for M23’s offensive in eastern DRCongo?

The group took control of Masisi, a town and local administrative centre about 80km (50 miles) from the major city of Goma, on Saturday, provincial parliament member Alexis Bahunga told the ...

A new United Nations report has found that more than 100,000 people have been displaced since the start of the year in ...

The governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North-Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on ...

The M23 says it is protecting ethnic Tutsis from persecution Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to various ...

The Congolese army said some of the recovered towns have been occupied by rebels for months, including Ngungu, a key town in the Masisi territory that is near the North Kivu provincial capital ...

The rebels over the past week took Katale and Masisi towns, the latter located 80 kilometers (49 miles) west of the regional capital, Goma, and a strategic entry point into the country's interior. The ...