M23 first surfaced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2012. Thirteen years later, the rebel group is stronger ...

Uganda has deployed more than 1,000 extra soldiers into east Congo in the last week near an area where the Kinshasa ...

Uganda will attack the town of Bunia in neighbouring eastern Congo unless "all forces" there surrender their arms within 24 ...

Goma’s takeover by the M23 rebels represents more than a typical political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo because it holds deep personal significance for me. The fall of ...

Countries bordering the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sought to shore up defences on Wednesday as violence spreads ...

Uganda Sends 1,000 More Soldiers to East Congo ... The Rwandan-backed M23 recently captured regional capital Goma in an anarchic and mineral-rich part of Democratic Republic of Congo where wars ...

The Ugandan troop deployment comes as the Congolese army faces a major challenge from rebel groups seeking to control the mineral-rich region.

Movement, backed by Rwanda, now controls Goma and Bukavu—and the entire Kivu Lake region—by force. The rebel group is now ...

Uganda has been helping Congo fight the Islamist ... M23 rebels have been consolidating their hold on Goma and moving on Bukavu, a town some 200 km (125 miles) to the south. After meeting ...

Hospitals and shelters in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are struggling to cope with an influx of wounded people and displaced individuals following recent clashes in the region.

Perhaps more importantly, it contains some of the world’s largest deposits of key minerals, such as cobalt, which is ...

A shifting political calculus by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risks triggering another war in the Great Lakes Region, ...