It was a whirlwind trip to Goma and ...

The Rwandan-backed M23 group on Friday advanced south after seizing the biggest city in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo, in violence that according to the United Nations has killed at least ...

There is a lack of transparency of the mining operations and... a lack of transparency of the geological information,” Jean Pierre Okenda, a Congo-based rights lawyer specialised in extractive ...

Rwanda-backed rebels known as M23 have captured the key city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - causing what the UN describes as "mass panic" among the 2 million people living there.

"At dawn, M23 troops entered the city, and now the fighting is concentrated in the airport area," Fides sources add. Congolese troops of the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

On the M23 southbound there will be entry and exit slip road closures at Junction 9 between 9pm and 6am for resurfacing works. Additionally, on the M23 northbound there will be an exit slip road ...

Streams of displaced people have flocked from Minova, a port city the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has already captured as it conquers swathes of territory at the expense of the Congolese army.

The M23 rebels have seized an eastern town in Congo amid intense clashes that have displaced nearly 250,000 people beginning earlier this month. Videos on social media showed members of the rebel ...

Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebels have seized the eastern town of Minova, a main supply route for the provincial capital Goma, a rebel spokesperson and the provincial governor said on ...

The towns of Bweremana, Minova and Kalungu in Kalehe territory in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have fallen into the hands of March 23 Movement (M23) rebels. The towns of Bweremana, Minova and ...

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