A rebel alliance including the M23 group said on Friday that it had seized a strategic airport as they continued their advance towards eastern Congo's second biggest city, Bukavu. David Doyle has more ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

Gunfire rang out across Goma as rebel group M23 marched into the Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest eastern city – in the worst escalation of a conflict lasting more than a decade.

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have vowed to take their fight to the country's capital – but their attempts to march south are have been met by resistance. Rwanda-backed rebels ...

Rwanda-Backed Rebels Bed Down in Congo's Goma and Push South for Further Gains (Reuters) -The United Nations expressed deep concern at reports of M23 rebels and Rwandan troops advancing south ...

By Wednesday morning, the rebels were in control of the devastated city, where some corpses could still be seen in the streets. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance (AFC), which ...

Corneille Nangaa, who heads an alliance of rebel groups that includes the M23, said their ultimate aim was to topple President Félix Tshisekedi's government. Unconfirmed reports say the Rwanda ...

Leader of Rebels Who Toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad Is Named Country's Interim President DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an ...

The rebel alliance – accused by Congolese authorities of being bolstered by Rwanda – told CNN earlier this week that they had captured the city. Home to around 2 million people, Goma is the ...

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GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city ...