M23 receives backing from the government of Rwanda, according to the United Nations. In response, the United States, United ...

The M23 rebel group, backed by Rwanda, has taken control of Bukavu in eastern DR Congo, where law and order have collapsed.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters ... edicts banning the export of all minerals extracted from areas under rebel control. Yet mining there continues. In a December report, U.N. experts ...

Bukavu, controlled by the M23, faces nightly killings and widespread fear as Congolese troops fled, leaving weapons ...

Dr. Denis Mukwege, a local pastor and surgeon, is a tireless advocate for women and children suffering through war.

The M23 insurgents who routed Congo’s army to take control of ... banning the export of all minerals extracted from areas under rebel control. Yet mining there continues. In a Dec report ...

Away from the headlines around the minerals deal with Ukraine, the United States has pursued a potentially even more ...

After months of intense fighting, the Congolese government and M23 rebels have agreed to a ceasefire, brokered through Qatar-mediated talks. While hopeful, the real challenge lies in ensuring this ...

The renewed violence that residents reported in and around the region’s largest city of Goma — which the M23 rebels control — was ... of four spent the night under their bed as they heard ...