International peacekeepers killed as fighting rages around eastern Congo's key city

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead, United Nations and army officials said Saturday. M23 has made significant territorial gains in recent weeks, encircling the eastern city of Goma, which has...

Governor of Congo's North Kivu province dies of his wounds in fighting with rebels, authorities say

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, a military spokesman said Friday, as M23 rebels closed in on the provincial capital. M23 made significant territorial gains in recent weeks,...

Governor of Congo’s North-Kivu province dies from wounds sustained on frontline as rebels close in on major eastern city

Killed for fighting corruption, a Congolese man made a martyr is inspiring a new generation

GOMA, Congo (AP) — When Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi was asked in 2007 to allow spoiled rice from Rwanda to be transported across the border to the eastern Congo city of Goma, he knew the risks of resisting corruption, especially as a government worker. He refused nonetheless. ...

M23 rebels battling Congo's army close in on Goma as panic spreads among city's 2 million people

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic spread in eastern Congo's main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the city's distant outskirts and hundreds of wounded civilians were brought in to...

M23 rebels in eastern Congo seize a town on a key supply route to the provincial capital

GOMA, Congo (AP) — M23 rebels seized the town of Minova in eastern Congo, a key supply route for the provincial capital Goma, authorities said Tuesday, leading to a mass exodus of people in the face of a new offensive by the rebel group, which has taken several strategic towns in recent weeks. ...

Rights group accuses Congo's army and a rebel group of possible war crimes

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Prominent human rights group Amnesty International accused Congo's army and a rebel group of bombing densely populated areas in attacks that “likely constitute war crimes.” Both the Congolese armed forces and the M23 rebel group fired unguided rockets and...

Islamic State-linked rebels kill at least 10 people in eastern Congo

GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 10 people were killed in eastern Congo by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group, a local official said Wednesday. The rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces, an IS affiliate in the region, attacked the village of Makoko in the Lubero...

3 Chinese citizens sentenced to 7 years in prison for illegal mining in Congo

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Three Chinese citizens were sentenced Tuesday to 7 years in prison and ordered to pay $600,000 in fines for illegally exploiting mineral resources in Congo, according to court filings. The ruling marks the first time foreign mineral brokers have been convicted...

Congo says several towns recaptured from rebels but fighting intensifies in its east

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces, a Congolese army spokesman said, even as the rebels have made advances in other areas amid intensified fighting in the conflict-battered...