The town of about 15,000 people sits about 125km (78 miles) northwest of eastern DRC’s largest city, Goma, which the M23 rebels seized in January. Al Jazeera’s Alain Uaykani, reporting from ...

As the Congolese government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels prepare to engage in direct talks in Doha this week, a mix of hope ...

They (rebels) have seen their adventure come to a halt by the FARDC,” Lt Col Guillaume Ndjike Kaiko, the then Congolese army spokesman for North Kivu province told Al Jazeera on Sunday, January 12, ...

The M23 took control of Walikale on Wednesday evening. The town is located at the junction of two roads leading to Goma and Bukavu, which the group seized in late January and mid-February after a ...

Walikale, a town with a population ... westward point the M23 rebels have reached during their rapid offensive this year. Situated about 125 km (80 miles) northwest of Goma, Congo's largest ...

Walikale, which is in an area rich in minerals including tin, is the farthest west M23 has reached during its unprecedented advance this year. The town of ... Congo's largest city Goma, which ...

The town of about 15,000 people sits about 125km (78 miles) northwest of eastern DRC’s largest city, Goma, which the M23 rebels seized in January. It puts them within 400km (250 miles ...