Vladimir Putin grabbed much of Donbas, an eastern region of Ukraine, and pretended he had not. As a figleaf he used ...

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday that his troopers are fighting an insurgence by the Rwandan-backed militant group M23 which recently captured swaths of land in the east.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for a urgent cease-fire in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

When Rwanda-backed rebels seized control of eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma this week, it prompted a flurry of ...

Viktor Trehubov, a military spokesperson for Ukraine's eastern front ... Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who seized the city of Goma extended their advance on Wednesday, and Congo said it planned ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

Clashes between government-aligned militia and a rebel alliance, spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia, are taking place near Goma. Early on Monday, east Congo's largest city was entered by ...

Gunfire can be heard on the city’s outskirts, and the Congolese army is deploying troops from the town of Sake to Goma ...

Residents greeted the arrival of Rwanda-backed rebels with trepidation, some staying indoors and others coming out to cheer ...

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The grab on Goma also comes at a time when Trump's government is scrapping almost all of the US' foreign assistance, and pausing new aid. Crises in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and elsewhere have ...