The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first ...

Rwandan-backed armed group M23 announced a humanitarian “ceasefire” from Tuesday in DR Congo’s explosive east, days before a ...

M23 has about 6,500 fighters, according to U.N. estimates. It emerged in 2012 as a rebel group led by Congolese ethnic Tutsis who said a 2009 agreement signed to look after their interests ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo 's key city of Goma sought to reassure its residents Thursday, holding a ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo - Residents and M23 supporters shout slogans as they celebrate the takeover of the ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — 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 ...

Fighting between M23 and Democratic Republic of the Congo forces has displaced 400,000 since the start of this year, according to the United Nations. Goma’s capture by the rebel group further ...

Members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo stand guard against the M23 rebel group in Lubero, North Kivu province, DRC [File: Djaffar Al Katanty/Reuters] Published On 21 ...

The M23 rebel group has made significant territorial gains along the Rwandan border in recent weeks now claiming Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The offensive ...

E also call on di M23 rebel group to stop dia invasion. Guterres, for one statement through im tok tok pesin, call on Rwanda to "cease support to M23 and withdraw from DRC territory". Im also call ...

UN experts have long said the M23 rebel group is backed by Rwanda, an allegation it rejects. As Rwandan-backed rebels have gained ground over the past two years, the DR Congo has turned to private ...

The city’s capture came following a 48-hour deadline imposed by the group for the Congolese army to surrender their weapons. The M23 rebel movement announced the coup d’etat in a statement.