President Paul Kagame of Rwanda urged Congolese authorities Thursday to negotiate with a violent rebel group that has seized key towns in eastern Congo in recent days, widening its control over the region which borders Rwanda.

Swelling violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced some 237,000 people since the start of the year, the United Nations said Friday. The agency has said it needs $226 million to provide aid in DR Congo this year.

The Congolese army says several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces.

Goma, and a strategic entry point into the country's interior. The M23 is one of over 100 armed groups that have been vying for territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda, in a conflict that has created one of the world’s largest ...

Last year, there were fears that the M23 would once again march on Goma, a city of about two million people. However, there was then a lull in fighting until early December when fighting resumed. In July, Rwanda did not deny a UN report saying it had about ...

Dozens more people have been injured and many displaced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent clashes between the Congolese army and M23 fighters, local sources and NGOs told AFP Wednesday.

KINSHASA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized a strategic eastern town near the provincial capital Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo, local politicians said on Sunday.

The rebel group rose to prominence a decade ago when its fighters seized Goma, which borders Rwanda. It derives its name from a March 23, 2009, peace deal it accuses the Congolese government of ...

Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi ... It is about 80km (50 miles) north of the North Kivu provincial capital Goma, which the M23 briefly occupied in 2012.

Masisi, with a population of around 40,000, which lies about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the North Kivu provincial capital Goma, is rich in agriculture, livestock, and minerals.

The M23 rebels, reportedly backed by Rwanda, have captured Masisi, a strategic town near Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The renewed insurgency since 2022 has escalated tensions, with Congolese and Rwandan relations strained.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 100,000 people have been displaced since the start of the year in eastern Congo as a result of a new rebel offensive, according to a United Nations report released Friday.