After rumors of forced recruitment in Goma by the M23 rebel movement, parents rushed into schools to collect their children, ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.

Weeks after M23 rebels seized Goma, residents are adjusting to a new reality. While some services continue, public support ...

The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.

Goma is a humanitarian relief hub for all of eastern DRC, and was the epicentre of a vast crisis before it fell. It hosted ...

This comes after the reportedly Rwandan-backed rebels said over the weekend they had taken control of the city, the biggest city in the region ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend crisis talks with Rwandan leader Paul Kagame on Wednesday, state media said, as M23 rebels backed by Rwandan troops appeared ...

Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, ...

The armed group, backed by several thousand Rwandan soldiers, has taken the capital of South Kivu province. It continues to ...

In January and February 2025, Goma, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, and Bukavu, the ...

The Rwanda-backed rebel group launched an offensive in late 2021, winning swathes of territory in North Kivu province from the Congolese army. By 2022, it had surrounded Goma, the provincial capital, ...

FILE PHOTO: Displaced Congolese people prepare to leave camp as M23 rebels order evacuations near Goma ...