The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who stunned the world with their seizure of the major city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, declared a unilateral ceasefire in fighting with ...

The M23, a Rwanda-backed armed group, has seized most of Goma, a key city of a million people in the mineral-rich eastern DR Congo. Analysts say their motives combine security and economic interests ...

When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw. Instead, ...

After taking control of Goma, the M23 rebels – backed by Rwanda – now want to advance further into South Kivu ... Rwandan authorities later claimed these remarks “do not reflect the government’s ...

The M23's offensives "seem to follow a clear logic", said DW. They want to "gain control" over the ... has been accused by Congolese people of "failing to do its job", said the BBC.

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...

Rebel leader Corneille Nangaa has openly expressed the M23's ambition to advance towards Kinshasa, the capital of the ...

In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid to put pressure on Rwanda to withdraw its support ...

That's a stark contrast to the last time M23 took Goma - back in 2012 ... And without water, we cannot live. They must do everything possible to restore our water supply." What's at stake is a ...

We cannot tell if it is relief from the Congolese state or a necessary precaution for many who do not want to leave their ... in and set up a local authority, M23 have time to stop and humiliate ...