Critical minerals factor into the fight.

Back in 2012, pressure on Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, by donor countries including America preceded a swift ouster from Goma of M23 by UN peacekeepers. That scenario seems less likely this time ...

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

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in what ...

Congo's President Tshisekedi called for military enlistment to counter Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advancing in eastern Congo. Amid looting and instability, international mediation is urged, with ...

Rebels backed by Rwanda captured more towns in eastern Congo as fighters moved beyond the key city of Goma in an apparent ...

Congo severed diplomatic ... which is mainly made up of ethnic Tutsis who broke away from the Congolese army more than a decade ago. It's one of about 100 armed groups that have been vying for ...

The UN peacekeeping force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has warned of the risk of ethnically motivated attacks as ...

Ethnic Tutsi-led M23 ... a hub for displaced people and aid groups lying on the border with Rwanda and last occupied by M23 in 2012. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance that ...