The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety.

Two weeks after Goma was captured by the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, many families who lost their loved ones are begging for peace. Some of them have had no news of their loved ones, while others have ...

He spoke for just under an hour – a speech of about 7000 words. But what was most important about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address was not what he said. It was what he did not ...

As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, they are likely to have to fight their way through thousands of troops from Burundi, ramping ...

Large parts of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, are now under the control of the M23 and their Rwanda ...

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...