The resurgence of the M23 (March 23 movement) rebel group has once again drawn global attention to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ... for Mongabay. Map by Joel Masselink.

Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...

In January, the rebel group M23 captured Goma, the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ethnic ... made up of Tutsi refugees based in Uganda, started a civil war ...

Congo’s government says it will participate in peace talks in Angola with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that has captured ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels on Monday pulled out of peace talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo's government less than 24 ...

GENEVA, March 7 (Reuters) - Conflict in Congo has sent 63,000 refugees ... the potential influx of 258,000 refugees into Burundi, Tanzania and Zambia. The M23 advance is the gravest escalation ...

Angola says the government of Congo and the M23 rebel group will participate in peace talks next week DAKAR, Senegal -- The government of Congo will hold peace talks next week in Angola with the ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The government of Congo will hold peace talks next week in Angola with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that has captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east, mediator ...

"M23 fighters are chasing some soldiers who were still hanging around in the camp and some civilians who were taking part in the looting," said one resident reached by phone. Thousands of refugees ...