Talks are under way among leaders of African countries to end fighting in the Democratic Republic of the ... group as a Rwandan proxy army trying to exploit eastern Congo's natural resources.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is no stranger to civil conflicts ... calmness with M23 rebels agreeing to join the Congolese army in return for state protection for the Tutsis.

Rebels in the Democratic Republic ... a close ally of Congo's president Felix Tshisekedi. Meanwhile rebels attempting to advance south met resistance from the Congolese army and its allies ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — On Monday ... are still active in eastern Congo. Rwanda accuses the Congolese army of fighting alongside them, an accusation the Congolese deny.

NAIROBI — An armed rebel group backed by Rwanda took full control of a key provincial capital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, residents said, after days of bloody ...

Provincial army spokesman Nestor Mavudisa said ... South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and diplomatic sources ...

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries surrender to UN peacekeepers M23 rebels cornered mercenaries and remnants of Congo ... army, but worsened conflict, security tracker group says GOMA, Democratic ...

Over 2,000 bodies require burial in Goma after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took over the Democratic Republic of Congo ... M23 fighters pushing towards it. Congo army spokesman Sylvain Ekenge and ...