DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo's government and a coalition of insurgents in the country's east including the M23 rebels have agreed to work toward a truce following peace talks in Qatar, a joint statement said Wednesday. The statement was posted online by ...

GOMA, Congo — The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized eastern Congo’s key city of Goma announced a unilateral ceasefire in the region Monday for humanitarian reasons, following calls for a safe corridor for aid and hundreds of thousands of displaced people.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's president says he is going to launch a unity government as violence spreads across the country's east and pressure mounts over his handling of the crisis. In some of his first statements since Rwandan-backed rebels captured ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo government will initiate legal proceedings against former President Joseph Kabila for allegedly supporting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the country’s mineral-rich east. Kabila crossed into the rebel-controlled city of Goma ...

GOMA, Congo -- Congo's government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels on Friday accused each other of violating terms of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending decadeslong fighting and bringing a permanent peace in the conflict-battered region. Recent drone strikes and ...