Persistent governance failures, corruption, and empty promises have destabilized eastern DR Congo for decades and the government in Kinshasa has not only failed to dismantle the "more than 200 armed ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday ... from Goma to other ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have "occupied" a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo ... as some in the small crowd of young men cheered the rebels on to "go all the way to Kinshasa," Congo's ...

The city sits 20 miles from the border with Burundi ... The leaders of M23 have now vowed to march on Kinshasa, Congo’s capital and one of Africa’s largest cities. The Congolese government ...

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...

Democratic Republic of Congo is considering sending representatives to peace talks with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group ...

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's prime minister ...

Butembo is about 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Goma, the city of over 2 million people ... and at times have vowed to march as far as Congo's capital, Kinshasa, over 1,000 miles away.

DAKAR, Senegal — Congo’s government and the M23 rebel group will participate in peace talks on March 18, Angola said ...

GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday ... countries and towards the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away.