Former election-chief-turned-rebel-leader Corneille Nangaa has gone from overseeing Congo’s contested 2018 election to leading a powerful insurgency against the DRC’s President Félix Tshisekedi.
Rwandan-backed M23 fighters captured Goma. It's an advance that could escalate an already deeply divided region.
In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel ...