M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

M23 rebels have attacked Goma with heavy firing, killing and injuring many while forcing countless others to flee ...

Rwanda-backed rebels say they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of ...

War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has exploded into global headlines once again after Rwanda-backed rebels captured ...

It is now almost three decades, when the crisis in violatile great lake Eastern regional city of Goma in Democratic Republic of the Congo started, with heavy violence carried out by the brutal ...

At the heart of the territory grab by Government-backed M23 militia in the Congo is Rwanda's desire to increase exports of ...

with 60% out of its 100 million residents living below the poverty line. Instead, fighting over natural resources has destabilized the country. What’s the role of neighboring Rwanda? Congo, the ...

The United Nations has warned the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is on the brink of a regional war, amid escalating ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight. By Ruth Maclean Rebels backed by Rwanda are seizing huge tracts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their progress has been swift and stunning.

Earlier this week the Tutsi-led M23 rebels seized Goma, the largest city in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo which is home to lucrative gold, coltan and tin ore mines. They then shifted ...

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries surrender to UN peacekeepers M23 rebels cornered mercenaries and remnants of Congo army after capturing eastern city of Goma Mercenaries were hired to support ...