The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Rwanda-backed rebels appeared to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo, residents said Tuesday, as international pressure rose over the M23's expansion in a ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar, Senegal ... to the protracted battle for the key city of Goma last month, in which nearly 3,000 people were killed ...

Several groups of artists gathered this Wednesday in Dakar to paint a mural and denounce the violence between the armed group M23 and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Goma.

More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in ...

Armed Fighters Have Raped Scores of Children in Eastern Congo, UNICEF Says DAKAR, Senegal (AP ... In late January, the rebels captured Goma, the region’s largest city, in a major escalation of the ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in a major city in eastern Congo, the United Nations said Monday. On Feb. 28, M23 fighters raided the CBCA Ndosho ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Rwanda-backed rebels appeared ... Butembo is about 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Goma, the city of over 2 million people that the M23 rebels seized last month as about ...