GOMA, Congo (AP) — The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo met with leaders of the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Friday in Goma, in her first visit to the eastern city of Goma since its ...

Under Bintou Keïta, the UN mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) increasingly veered from its civilian-protection assignment and tolerated government-aligned abuses, raising significant doubts about its ...

(Reuters) -Congo and the M23 rebel group signed an agreement on Tuesday for the monitoring of an eventual "permanent ceasefire", a step towards potentially ending fighting in eastern Congo, according ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwanda-backed Congo River Alliance/March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) signed on Saturday a declaration of principles seeking to achieve peace and stability ...

At 9 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 20, one of the few tanks belonging to the M23 rebels of eastern Congo fired a single round into the international airport on the outskirts of Goma, the second biggest city in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels ...

Event: The M23 NSAG claimed to have captured Goma, the capital of North Kivu province and strategic hub for eastern DRC, on 26 January Significance: Goma is the largest city in eastern DRC and is the ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antoino Guterres on Thursday, March 5, appointed American diplomat James Swan as the new head of the UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO). ALSO READ: ...