Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...

Explosions rocked the ground in the main city in DR Congo's east on Friday as intensifying clashes between the country's army and M23 fighters gripped the region.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Democratic ... Congo and the United Nations accuse neighbouring Rwanda of backing the group with its own troops and weapons. Rwanda denies this.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Several towns that fell ... for territory in the vast and mineral-rich region near the border with Rwanda. The conflict has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian ...

The Rwanda-backed M23, considered a "terrorist movement ... Around 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the North Kivu provincial capital, Goma, fighting was taking place on Wednesday around the ...