Fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at ...

The agency said it stopped 155 shipments containing 354 Glock switches — which modify semiautomatic weapons to make them fully automatic — between January and June. In July, August and ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — After Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took control of the biggest city in eastern Congo this week, the man who emerged from the shadows to assert his leadership was not the group’s ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have completed their three-day capture of Goma - the regional capital of eastern DRC - after fierce battles with Congolese forces. The rebel group now has full control of ...

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 UN has killed at least 700 people in less ...

Human Rights Watch is expressing concern about civilians in the eastern Congolese city of Goma now that M23 rebels have taken control of the city. Fighting between M23 and Democratic Republic of ...

Burundi troops in Congo to counter M23 rebels Rwanda denies Congo presence, accuses Congo of aiding militias Ethnic tensions risk wider conflict in region NAIROBI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - (This Jan. 31 ...

The contrast has to do with the country’s evolving stature both in Africa and the West, where officials have long admired ...

(Reuters) - When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw. Instead, the Rwanda-backed insurgents are intent on showing they can ...