The M23 movement, supported by some 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, according to U.N. experts, now controls large tracts of troubled eastern Congo. Its rapid advance has sent tens of thousands fleeing.

Violence raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed "more than 7,000 compatriots", many of them civilians, since last month, the Congolese premier said Monday.The Rwanda-backed M23 ...

The defection ceremony took place in front of the provincial police headquarters, drawing the attention of the local ...