Displaced people left in the care of NGOs The "new regime," and in particular its political ... the DRC by the rebels at the very start of their offensive, is known. Christophe Châtelot (Goma ...

GOMA - Goma, which fell to M23 fighters and the Rwandan military last week, has become a symbol of the conflict that has ripped apart the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over three decades.

And Corneille Nangaa, who leads a rebel alliance of which M23 is the largest member, has vowed to march on the DRC’s capital in Kinshasa. Located 1,000 miles west of Goma, the capture of ...

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

The call comes after M23 rebels have already seized Goma, the provincial capital ... a UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC, has been increasing its political engagement with the Congolese authorities.

Vivian van de Perre, the deputy head of the United Nations mission in the DRC, told reporters in a video call from Goma that U.N. teams are “actively helping” the M23 to collect the dead from ...

A map of Africa highlights two countries: Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, along with two major Congolese cities, Kinshasa and Goma.

In a major escalation in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), rebels from the March 23 Movement – or M23 – have seized Goma, the capital city of North Kivu province. At ...