Despite M23 rebels calling for the resumption of school in the eastern city of Goma, which they captured in January, classrooms are sparsely filled. Many families are fearful of sending their children ...

South Africa's ambitions for its G20 presidency have been tempered, as the U.S's Trump administration assails their agenda for powerful nations to pay attention to poorer countries' concerns. Analysts ...

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...

Mechanical diggers have spent days excavating the dark, volcanic earth of the city of Goma, preparing long trenches in which to bury the victims of one of the deadliest battles in decades in the ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

GOMA - Goma, which fell to M23 fighters and the Rwandan military last week, has become a symbol of the conflict that has ripped apart the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over three decades.

Horrifying details of atrocities are continuing to emerge from the Democratic Republic of the Congo 12 days after the Rwandan-backed armed group, M23, seized the eastern city of Goma. Nearly three ...

A small aircraft crashed on an avenue in Sao Paulo on Friday morning shortly after taking off from a nearby private airport, ...

Following a swift advance, fighters from the M23 rebel group have seized control of that city. Goma is a major city with a population exceeding one million. Located on the border with Rwanda and ...

Vivian van de Perre, a senior UN official based in the city of Goma, said the "escalating violence" in the area has "led to immense human suffering, displacement, and a growing humanitarian crisis".