Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.

I fled the fighting in Bweremana between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo [FARDC] and the M23 armed group ...

The Rwanda-backed rebel group launched an offensive in late 2021, winning swathes of territory in North Kivu province from the Congolese army. By 2022, it had surrounded Goma, the provincial capital, ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long ...

Press Release - The Red Cross Society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC Red Cross), the International Committee of ...

When hundreds escaped from Goma’s Munzenze central prison, the tenacious citizens of Goma captured it all on their phones, ...

Traders and travellers packed their belongings and paid their fares early on Tuesday for the long boat journey across eastern ...

The DRC government has accused Rwanda of orchestrating the offensive, citing M23’s military precision and advanced weaponry ...

With people fleeing an escalating war between M23 rebels and Congolese government forces, the United Nations now fears a ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ...

The UN rights office warned that the situation in eastern DRC was "deteriorating sharply, resulting in serious human rights violations and abuses".