Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the ...

The M23 armed group has seized further territory in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and on Thursday was ...

Botswana's new President Duma Boko said on Thursday that he hoped to clinch a long-delayed diamond sales pact with Anglo American unit De Beers imminently. Boko told a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker interview ...

The latest offensive happened last week when the M23 rebels took Masisi, the administrative centre of the Masisi territory, in North Kivu. Days before, they’d captured another town Katale. Thousands ...

As fighting continued in and around Masisi town on 9 January, thousands of people including residents, MSF and Ministry of ...

By Alessandra Galloni DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Top diamond producer Botswana's new President Duma Boko said on Thursday that he hoped to clinch a long-delayed sales pact with industry giant De ...

A new United Nations report has found that more than 100,000 people have been displaced since the start of the year in ...

What does the capture of Masisi mean for M23’s offensive in eastern DRCongo?

The group took control of Masisi, a town and local administrative centre about 80km (50 miles) from the major city of Goma, on Saturday, provincial parliament member Alexis Bahunga told the ...

Authorities in eastern Congo say M23 rebels have seized the town of Minova, a key supply route for the provincial capital, Goma.

The rebels over the past week took Katale and Masisi towns, the latter located 80 kilometers (49 miles) west of the regional capital, Goma, and a strategic entry point into the country's interior. The ...

The M23 says it is protecting ethnic Tutsis from persecution Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to various ...