Congolese rebels said on Sunday they had taken Goma, the biggest city in the east of the mineral-rich country, after a lightning advance that has forced thousands of people to flee and fuelled ...

Fighting has escalated in recent days despite calls from the U.N. Security Council for the insurgents to withdraw.

The United Nations, African Union and East African Community condemned the capture of the city, putting Rwanda in the ...

Rwanda-backed rebels say they captured Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city and the government’s last stronghold in the region ...

Rwandan-backed rebels marched into east Congo's largest city Goma on Monday and Congolese troops exchanged fire with the ...

M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo were reported to have taken the key eastern city of Goma in fierce fighting ...

In recent weeks, the armed conflict between the M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by their allies, has flared up again ...

Goma is on the brink of falling after M23 rebels and Rwandan troops entered the eastern Congolese regional capital. The ...

Goma, in North Kivu in eastern Congo, has fallen. The M23 rebels, backed by Rwandan forces, have claimed control of the town.

The besieged Congolese city of Goma was rocked by heavy artillery fire on Monday as France warned the regional capital was on ...