The Rwandan shore of Lake Kivu offers leisure and relaxation. Across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the same ...

In central Goma, a few units decided to hold their position and put up fierce, unexpected resistance. - Takeover - Some even tried to attack the town of Gisenyi, just across the border in Rwanda, ...

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by ...

In just a few days, rebel fighters and Rwandan soldiers succeeded in taking the major city in eastern Congo. This lightning offensive was prepared in Kigali.

Clashes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's besieged city of Goma have killed at least 17 people and wounded nearly ...

As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who ...

Congolese soldiers positioned on Mount Goma, a hill within the city, exchanged artillery fire with Rwandan troops on the other side of the border, in the town of Gisenyi, according to two U.N ...

Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city, Goma, on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the city in ...

Supported by between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, according to the United Nations, Congolese rebels managed to enter the ...

The M23 rebel group has declared the key city of Goma under its control, signalling a big blow to the Congolese army.

This comes after the reportedly Rwandan-backed rebels said over the weekend they had taken control of the city, the biggest city in the region ...

Rwanda denies backing the rebels. To cross from Goma to its sister city Gisenyi in Rwanda takes just minutes by land, but the two places feel worlds apart. In Gisenyi, a town of 50,000 ...