Gunfire broke out before dawn Monday in the centre of the besieged Congolese city of Goma, after the Democratic Republic of ...

The M23 rebel alliance besieged Goma and forced hundreds of local troops to surrender, a move that has been condemned by ...

The East African Community (EAC) held an emergency summit on Wednesday to address the worsening security situation in Goma, a city in the <a target= ...

The leaders of DR Congo and Rwanda are meeting at an emergency East African summit in Kenya on Wednesday as M23 rebels, ...

The war for Goma was the most recent episode of combat in eastern DRC, a volatile region plagued by regional rivalries, ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have tightened their grip on Goma, the biggest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), signalling a major blow to the Congolese army and a serious ...

Goma is a lucrative hub because of its niche to valuable deposits of gold, coltan and tin which are minerals essential in the ...

President William Ruto, in his role as chair of the East African Community (EAC), has called for an immediate cessation of ...

“The situation in eastern DRC now demands our collective focus.” The apparent takeover of Goma, a city of about 2 million, has prompted fears of further violence and mass displacemen ...

Kenyan President William Ruto said Monday that the presidents of Rwanda and Congo have agreed to attend a meeting Wednesday ...

Dozens of demonstrators on Tuesday attacked and set fires to parts of nine foreign embassies for allegedly backing the rebel ...

The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on ...