South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

A rebel alliance spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia said it had seized the lakeside city of more than 2 million ...

M23 rebels claim they now control the Congolese city of Goma—an act Congo's government described as a 'declaration of war.' ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

Many Congolese see the rebel advance as an invasion of their country by a foreign power in an attempt to seize land and Congo ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

Rwanda-backed rebels say they captured eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, as the United Nations described a "mass panic" ...

M23 rebels said they have advanced into Goma, a large city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of thousands of ...

Rwanda-backed rebels were expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing Goma, the region’s major city, the U.N.

United Nations officials say there were dead bodies on the streets of eastern Congo’s largest city where hospitals are ...

Vladimir Putin grabbed Donbas, an eastern region of Ukraine, and pretended he had not. As a figleaf he used local separatist ...

Gunshots rang out on Tuesday through parts of the besieged DRCongocity of Goma, whereCongolese soldiers have clashed with ...