DAKAR, Senegal — Congo’s government and the M23 rebel group will participate in peace talks on March 18, Angola said ...

Angola has announced plans to act as a mediator in the conflict between Congo and the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 ...

By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar, Senegal ... to the protracted battle for the key city of Goma last month, in which nearly 3,000 people were killed ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...

More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's prime minister said Monday. Judith ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP ... Butembo is about 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Goma, the city of over 2 million people that the M23 rebels seized last month as about 3,000 people were killed.

Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed ...

Angola says the government of Congo and the M23 rebel group will participate in peace talks next week DAKAR, Senegal -- The ... strategic eastern Congo city of Goma. In February, M23 seized ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP ... backed rebels advanced and took control of the strategic eastern Congo city of Goma. In February, M23 seized Bukavu, eastern Congo’s second biggest city.