As the Congolese government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels prepare to engage in direct talks in Doha this week, a mix of hope and mistrust hangs over the city of Goma. The North Kivu capital has been ...

A Trump administration official says the United States is talking with conflict-plagued Congo about developing its mineral ...

In parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), communities are gearing up for war or fleeing to safety amid the advance of M23 rebels, who captured the key eastern cities of Goma and ...

Earlier this month, M23 captured Nyabiondo city, 110km (68 miles) northwest of Goma, after days of fierce ... has quickly become eastern DRC’s worst conflict since a 1998-2003 war that drew ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels pressed deeper into Congolese territory a day after Congo and Rwanda's presidents called for an ...

examining developments in Goma and Bukavu since their fall, analysing the current motives of the M23 and Rwanda, the potential for a deeper regional conflict, and the prospects for peace.

For several years, the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of ... Goma’s surrounding areas flocked to the city where the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have taken over. Since Goma’s takeover, ...

GOMA, Congo — The M23 rebels in control of key areas of eastern Congo agreed Friday to a ceasefire with African coalition peacekeepers who have announced their withdrawal even as the conflict ...

Eastern Congo has been in conflict for decades with more ... In a major escalation since January, the M23 rebels have captured the cities of Goma and Bukavu and several towns in eastern Congo ...