South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around Goma ...

M23 rebels, whom the Democratic Republic of Congo claim that are backed by Rwanda, carried out an offensive capturing Goma ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

Appointed defence minister in June last year, Angie Motshekga has been accused of not being truthful about the dire situation ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

M23’s rapid offensive in eastern Congo has rekindled tensions in the already fraught relationship between Rwanda and South Africa.

Rwanda-backed M23 Rally in Goma as Tshisekedi, Kagame to Attend Summit | Firstpost Africa In DR Congo, Rwanda-backed M23 ...

On 6 February, the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – which includes the M23 rebel group backed by Rwanda – held a rally in Goma, ...

the city “remains calm for the moment” but information suggests the M23 was “reorganizing itself with troop reinforcements and weapons to go to the front now that fighting has ceased in Goma.” In ...

AFC spokesman Victor Tesongo told CNN Friday rebels were working to “install a new administration” in Goma and advance further into South Kivu and Kinshasa. M23 leader Corneille Nangaa also ...

Its troops are essentially confined to their base in Sake and the base at Goma airport. That represents complete mission failure, and SADC and [South Africa] need to understand and accept this as ...