M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.

More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Rwanda-backed rebels appeared to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo, residents said ...

Several groups of artists gathered this Wednesday in Dakar to paint a mural and denounce the violence between the armed group M23 and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Goma.

Supported by By Caleb Kabanda and Ruth Maclean Photographs by Guerchom Ndebo Caleb Kabanda and Guerchom Ndebo reported from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ruth Maclean from Dakar ...

Following fighting and evacuation orders from the Mouvement du 23 Mars/Alliance Fleuve Congo (M23/AFC) group, hundreds of thousands of people have left the displacement camps around Goma, Democratic ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern ...

The Eastern Congo rebel alliance that includes the M23 has declared a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons starting on Feb. 4, ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers, the families say, with the troops' wives chased ...

Witnesses in Goma have asserted that the M23’s intelligence ... McMakin reported from Dakar, Senegal.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP ... Butembo is about 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Goma, the city of over 2 million people that the M23 rebels seized last month as about 3,000 people were killed.