Rwandan-backed M23 fighters captured Goma. It's an advance that could escalate an already deeply divided region.

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

Rwanda-backed rebels said on Monday they captured Goma in eastern Congo, the government's last stronghold in the mineral-rich ...

Its leaders are mainly from the Tutsi ethnic group, who say one of their goals is to defend themselves against Hutu-led forces who fled Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. Their seizure of vast swaths ...