Panic is spreading in Goma in eastern Congo as M23 rebels encircle the city, battling Congo’s army. Many civilians have been wounded in the crossfire, stretching the main hospital.

The last two towns before Goma, a provincial capital in Congo’s east, have just fallen to M23 rebels. They last captured the city in 2012.

With babies in tow and mattresses over their heads, thousands of displaced people reached the outskirts of the eastern city of Goma, after fleeing M23 rebels who seized the town of Minova this week.

The M23 rebel group’s had advanced quickly toward Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city, in recent weeks, displacing hundreds of thousands of people.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands more people have been displaced in recent days after M23 rebels seized the key eastern town of Minova, a main supply route for Goma, the capital of North ...

Laden with just the possessions they can carry, thousands of displaced people have reached the outskirts of the city of Goma ...

The M23 armed group has seized further territory in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and on Thursday was ...

M23 rebels are steadily encircling Goma, the DRC's strategic eastern city, as the national army struggles to defend its ...

Panic is spreading in Goma in eastern Congo as the M23 rebels are steadily encircling the city as the insurgent group battles Congo’s army ...

The M23 rebel group in Democratic Republic of Congo has seized the eastern town of Minova, a main supply route for the provincial capital Goma, a local governor and a rebel leader said on Tuesday as ...

Luggage on their backs, they trudged all Wednesday morning along the road leading to downtown Goma, fleeing the advancing ...

and other countries east of Congo. Rwanda and M23 did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The situation complicates procurement for technology manufacturers, who are under scrutiny to ...