They were swept into a militia known as M23, which touted a host of grievances ... For Virunga has been, going on two decades, a war zone. In 1994 the horrific ethnic conflict in neighboring ...

Rwandan-backed rebels now control large parts of eastern Congo and threaten to expand their offensive west into two ...

Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions of people to flee their homes.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battle pro-government fighters in North Kivu and South Kivu province after regional mediators hold truce talks. Members of the M23 rebel group stand guard as people attend ...

The head of the UN Mission in Congo told the Security Council that M23 controls large parts of North Kivu and South Kivu “and threatens to expand into Tshopo and Maniema provinces,” which are larger a ...

In South Kivu, fighting took place in several towns north of the provincial capital Bukavu, which M23 captured in February, residents said. Leaders from the main Southern and Eastern Africa ...

In South Kivu, fighting reportedly took place in several towns north of the provincial capital, Bukavu, which M23 captured in February. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance of ...

Group cites unilateral ceasefire that it declared on Feb. 22 and need to create favorable conditions for dialogue to resolve conflict in Congo M23 leader ... violence in North Kivu province ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured a third major town in ... The group already controls the city of Goma in North Kivu province and Bukavu in South Kivu province. The latest conquest comes after ...

the AFC/M23 rebellion announced on Saturday, March 22, that it "decided to reposition its forces from the town of Walikale" in North Kivu Province, which it had seized three days earlier.

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