Panic is spreading in Goma in eastern Congo as M23 rebels encircle the city, battling Congo’s army. Many civilians have been wounded in the crossfire, stretching the main hospital.

The UN chief on Thursday expressed alarm over a renewed offensive by M23 rebels in recent days in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which is taking a “devastating toll” on civilians.

The United Nations chief voiced alarm Thursday over a new offensive launched by rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, who are threatening to take a key regional city.

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

The M23 rebels have been trying to make inroads in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo, along the border with Rwanda, in a decades-long conflict that has sparked one of the world's largest humanitarian ...

The last two towns before Goma, a provincial capital in Congo’s east, have just fallen to M23 rebels. They last captured the city in 2012.

Laden with just the possessions they can carry, thousands of displaced people have reached the outskirts of the city of Goma ...

The M23 rebels are steadily advancing toward Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province in the eastern region of theDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On Tuesday, M23 captured the eastern city of ...

M23 rebels are steadily encircling Goma, the DRC's strategic eastern city, as the national army struggles to defend its ...

High-burden cholera outbreaks, spreading beyond the traditional cholera-endemic countries, have been reported since 2021 in ...