Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, eight sources said on Wednesday, in an apparent violation of a unilateral ...

M23 rebels stand with theirs weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022.

Since Goma was taken by M23 rebels earlier this week, some 100,000 internally displaced people have left the jam-packed ...

The M23 captured Goma, a city of nearly two million people, last week after a lightning advance in DR Congo's eastern region.

Columns of reinforcements headed out from Goma to cheering crowds from nearby camps for the displaced, as explosions rang out ...

Getty Images A destroyed armoured vehicle is seen following ... threw away their weapons and wore civilian clothes. Others ran away." As M23 rejoices over a major conquest, the Congolese ...

The M23 controls movement around the base but ... and may not necessarily venture into areas of conflict. “Heavy weapons and vehicles must be retrieved and this will require careful planning.

Rwandan involvement is no secret — South Africa, the US, the UK and some EU member states condemned Rwanda’s overt support to ...

Rape has been widely documented as a weapon of war in eastern Congo ... Residents walk by charred vehicles in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. Image- AP Rwanda-backed M23 ...

At the heart of the territory grab by Government-backed M23 militia in the Congo is Rwanda's desire to increase exports of ...

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