The prospect of direct dialogue between Kinshasa and the M23/AFC remains a fragile hope for the people of Goma, who aspire to peace and security.

M23 rebels in control of key areas of eastern Congo have agreed to a ceasefire with African coalition peacekeepers who ...

Goma/Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo — "Civilians ... Having taken big provincial capitals in recent weeks, the M23 ...

The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January when the Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and seized the ...

The UN Security Council members should reassess MONUSCO's mandate in DR Congo if the mission can no longer fulfill its ...

Residents, meanwhile, continue to flee from Goma to other neighboring countries and towards the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away. At the main border crossing ...

The leader of a rebel alliance that has seized swathes of east Congo told Reuters on Thursday that insurgents were not bound ...

Map locates Goma, Bukavu, Uvira, Bunia and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. On paper, Congo appears well placed to deal with threats coming from its much smaller neighbor. Experts ...

Thousands have been killed and 700,000 displaced this year, after Rwandan troops and M23 rebels invaded eastern Congo.

The Luanda talks are expected to usher in peace and end a war that has claimed thousands and displaced millions of people since the start of the year.