White-flag incident As we interacted with the M23 Major at his airport base, a soldier came and informed him that one of the SADC contingents had lowered their white flags.

The European Union’s response to the armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has not matched the rapid advance of the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group. But the March 17 targeted ...

M23 rebels patrol the streets of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, ... Tshisekedi is now using the war to shore up his dwindling support under the flag of national unity.

In a watershed joint statement, the warring Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 group released a joint statement on Wednesday pledging to an "immediate" cessation of hostilities until talks reach ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are reportedly occupying Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the second major city in the country's mineral-rich east to fall under their control.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and the allied Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) have threatened, detained, and attacked journalists, critics, and civil society activists since capturing Goma in ...

Protesters in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, have been burning portraits of Rwanda's president and tearing up Rwandan flags as M23 rebels have taken control of most the ...

“When M23 arrived, they said they would burn down the camp that was sheltering us. Each of us was told to destroy our little makeshift shelter, which forced us to leave,” Rusezera said.

Joseph Kabila was accused of supporting the Rwanda-backed militia M23. Days later he arrived in Goma, a city held by the militia, so he remains out of prosecutors’ reach.