Congolese rebels said on Sunday they had taken Goma, the biggest city in the east of the mineral-rich country, after a lightning advance that has forced thousands of people to flee and fuelled ...

President William Ruto, chair of the East African Community Heads of State Summit, has called an urgent meeting to address the escalating war in eastern Congo.“Noting the worsening humanitarian crisis ...

Fighting has escalated in recent days despite calls from the U.N. Security Council for the insurgents to withdraw.

Rwanda-backed rebels say they captured Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city and the government’s last stronghold in the region ...

M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo were reported to have taken the key eastern city of Goma in fierce fighting ...

In recent weeks, the armed conflict between the M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by their allies, has flared up again ...

In response to the escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ActionAid released a media ...

Gunfire can be heard on the city’s outskirts, and the Congolese army is deploying troops from the town of Sake to Goma ...