Former election-chief-turned-rebel-leader Corneille Nangaa has gone from overseeing Congo’s contested 2018 election to leading a powerful insurgency against the DRC’s President Félix Tshisekedi.

In an attempt to halt M23's progress, the DR Congo military has set up a defensive line on the road between Goma and Bukavu, according to the AFP news agency. Hundreds of civilian volunteers have been ...

It is also a swift expansion of the alliance’s foothold across swathes of eastern DR Congo – where rare minerals crucial to the production of phones and computers are mined – and is likely ...

One young man told the AFP: "I am ready to die for my ... 3,000 and 4,000 troops operating alongside the M23 in eastern DR Congo. On Friday, the Southern African Development Community (Sadc ...

A 65-year-old man was injured on his abdomen ... vehicle is seen following clashes in the outskirts of Goma As DR Congo reels from the shock of seeing Goma captured, the UN's Office of the ...

The DR Congo health ministry said on Saturday there were almost 800 bodies in hospital morgues around Goma following the offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels to seize east Congo's largest city ...

After a rapid advance in the region, fighters from the M23 rebel group have taken control of most of Goma – a major city of more than a million people in the east of DR Congo. Sitting on the border ...

Goma, the largest city in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu province, fell under the control of the AFC/M23 rebel coalition on Monday, the rebels told CNN. This was the latest in a string of ...

One young man told AFP: "I am ready to die for my country ... held a special meeting on Friday in Zimbabwe to discuss the situation in DR Congo. "The peace and security of our region is a ...