The battle hardened M23 fighters on Friday captured Bukavu city of South Kivu Province after seizing the strategic Kavumu ...

A recent meeting of leaders from eastern and southern Africa called for a ceasefire in eastern Congo but did not urge the M23 rebels to stop their advance.

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo claimed Friday to have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long advance, as the United Nations warned that the recent escalation ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

Congolese soldiers who fled from the battle with the AFC/M23 rebels in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo have praised the hospitality they have received in Rwanda. At least 131 Congolese ...

The rebels have now seized the airport of Goma- DR Congo's largest city in the east. More than 1,200 Congolese soldiers have reportedly surrendered to Rwandan forces. Several soldiers have fled and ...

Already more than 1,200 Congolese - including some surrendering soldiers - have sought refuge in Rwanda since the rebels marched into Goma, closing the airport and overwhelming hospitals with ...

On Monday evening, M23 claimed total control of the airport in Goma ... of whom have committed to the life of refuge for over 30 years. Rwanda is home to close to 100,000 of these refugees.