The U.N. says Rwanda-backed rebels are expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing the region's major city.

The Rwandan-backed M23 group on Friday advanced south after seizing the biggest city in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo, in violence that according to the UN has killed at least 700 people in less than ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped.

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This week, conflict and crisis dominate the headlines. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, M23 rebels have seized the ...