Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have pushed deeper into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), capturing the town of Walikale despite growing international calls for a ceasefire. The rebels ...

Reserves of critical medicine – including antibiotics, painkillers, and HIV drugs – run low amid ongoing clashes Maeve Cullinan Global Health Security Reporter Maeve Cullinan is a reporter for The ...

Town in North Kivu province is the farthest west the group has reached since the start of its advance in January M23 rebels have captured a strategic mining hub in eastern Democratic Republic of the ...

The Alliance Fleuve Congo, a rebel alliance that includes M23 rebels, on Saturday announced its withdrawal from the town of Walikale and its surroundings in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

The Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) rebel movement in eastern DR Congo is concerned by continued “systematic” human rights violations and breaches of an earlier set ceasefire agreement in territories ...

Rwandan authorities on Sunday welcomed the M23 rebel group's decision to withdraw from the strategic mining town of Walikale and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s move to halt hostilities in the ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels entered the strategic town of Walikale in eastern Congo late Wednesday, according to residents and civil society leaders, a day after the Congolese and Rwandan presidents ...

A de facto ceasefire between Congolese forces and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in the eastern town of Walikale collapsed on Monday, with the rebels retracting their pledge to withdraw. The rebels accused ...

GOMA, Congo, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed a new case of Ebola in the remote, militia-controlled territory of Walikale, hundreds of kilometres away ...

The planes swoop down, sometimes as many as 15 a day. Most are battered and rusty. They land on the makeshift airstrip, a dusty road 23km from Walikale in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured the town of Walikale in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to media reports citing local and security sources. The rebels took over ...