The rebels say they will not seize any further territory but will protect their positions.

The M23 captured Goma, a city of nearly two million people, last week after a lightning advance in DR Congo's eastern region.

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the DR Congo is often presented as a struggle to control the valuable minerals ...

More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the ...

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

Rebels led by the M23 group claim to have taken control of Goma, a key city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Goma was taken after fighting earlier this week, and M23 fighters have vowed to march to the capital Kinshasa.

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame will attend a summit on Saturday on the crisis in the ...

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 ...

Tens of thousands of people are fleeing towns in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east, as rebel forces close in on the ...