The current security crisis in eastern DR Congo, where M23 rebels are closing in on Goma city, "could have been averted" if the government in Kinshasa was committed to peace, Rwanda's Permanent ...

Rwandan backed rebels have entered the city of Goma, a key city in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Could the ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday called for the United Nations to sanction Rwanda, accusing its neighbour of ...

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

Rwanda-backed rebels entered the outskirts of eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, on Sunday, causing what the United Nations ...

He said Kinshasa’s refusal to hold direct talks with the M23 made the meeting pointless. For its part, the DRC accused Rwanda of deliberately blocking the signing of a peace agreement by making direct ...

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KINSHASA, Congo (AP ... been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda, in a decades-long conflict that has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian ...

Rwanda’s government denies the claim but last ... The U.S. Embassy in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, in a notice Thursday warned of "an increase in the severity of armed conflict near Sake ...

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi says he is ready for dialogue to resolve the crisis in the eastern parts of the country, but the talks must not include the M23, who Kinshasa has labelled ...