Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, hours after Congo’s president called for a massive military mobilization to resist the rebellion. The M23 rebels also...

Rwanda-backed rebels take more towns as they expand control after seizing east Congo's largest city

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rebels backed by Rwanda captured more towns in eastern Congo on Wednesday as they moved beyond the key city of Goma in an apparent attempt to expand their control in the conflict-battered region. The rebels advanced toward the center of South Kivu province after...

Congolese civilians caught in a growing rebellion face a terrible choice

GISENYI, Rwanda (AP) — Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo's escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo's interior and seek the protection of a weak army in disarray, or cross into nearby Rwanda, which is accused of backing the rebels. The...

AP PHOTOS: Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they've captured the key city of Goma

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have claimed they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped. Analysts said the M23 fighters aimed to control the city of about 2...

Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city, as U.N. officials reported violence, looting and bodies in the streets. The officials said...

'No safe place to go to from Goma' for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against the backdrop of gunfire and explosions. Electricity, water and internet access are cut off, and medical and food warehouses are being looted. ...

Demonstrators attack several foreign embassies in Congo’s capital to protest rebels' advance in the east

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim major Congolese city, which Congo calls a 'declaration of war'

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a mass panic among its 2 million people and Congo’s government said the rebel advance was a “declaration of war." The M23 rebels...

Congo’s M23 rebels say they have taken control of the key eastern city of Goma

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...