Belgium has denied claims that it has sent troops to engage rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid ...

They have since continued to advance west. The M23 rebel group was formed in 2012 by former Congolese soldiers, mainly from the Tutsi ethnic group. The group takes its name from the March 23 ...

Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, ...

By the end of 2013, after more than a year and a half of fighting, the Congolese Army, backed by United Nations troops, routed M23. Among the militia’s foot soldiers deemed salvageable ...

Three Americans repatriated to the United States from Congo have been charged by the U.S. Justice Department with staging an ...

M23 rebels in control of key areas of eastern Congo have agreed to a ceasefire with African coalition peacekeepers who announced their withdrawal even as the conflict between the insurgents and ...

Congolese soldiers in a mix of fatigues and street clothes crowded into a chapel last week to stand trial for crimes including rape and murder allegedly committed as they fled in the face of a ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels pressed deeper into Congolese territory a day after Congo and Rwanda's presidents called for an ...

Soldiers of the same rank in FDLR and FARDC are treated the same way." ALSO READ: FDLR is entrenched in DR Congo Presidential Guard, says Makenga "In this war between DR Congo and M23, FDLR plays a ...

Thousands have been killed and 700,000 displaced this year, after Rwandan troops and M23 rebels invaded eastern Congo.