Violence raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed "more than 7,000 compatriots", many of them civilians, ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has seized large swathes of the mineral-rich eastern DRC -- including the main cities of Goma and Bukavu -- in the face of limited resistance from Congolese forces.

Violence raging in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed "more than 7,000 compatriots", many of them civilians, ...