The M23 rebels took control of a town 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Bukavu despite a ceasefire.

After attacking the eastern DR Congo city of Goma last week, the M23 rebel group unilaterally decreed a humanitarian ...

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, is looking for information about war crimes in eastern DRC. Meanwhile, M23 rebels launched a renewed offensive toward Bukavu in South ...

Earlier this week, the M23 declared a ceasefire in Goma, DR Congo. 'The situation is pretty calm in Goma itself', France 24's ...

More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according to the UN. Hundreds of prisoners broke out of Munzenze prison last Monday, ...

Hundreds of Congolese women were raped and burnt alive after Rwandan-backed militants raided a prison. The female inmates were attacked in their wing inside Goma’s Munzenze prison during a mass ...

International Criminal Court prosecutors said on Wednesday they were closely monitoring events in Democratic Republic of ...

The capture of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last week by the M23 rebel group follows a ...

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

Rwandan-backed rebels are gaining ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week.

Ombeni ran out the office and into the street, where crowds tried to dodge bullets and vehicles speeding through the city, ...