GOMA, Congo (AP) — Thousands fled the city of Goma on Monday as fighting raged between Congolese forces and rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda, who claimed to have captured eastern Congo’s largest regional hub.

By Caleb Kabanda and Ruth Maclean Photographs by Guerchom Ndebo Caleb Kabanda reported from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ruth Maclean from Dakar, Senegal. A rebel militia backed by ...

have been keeping M23 away from Goma. The U.N. peacekeeping force entered Congo more than two decades ago and has around 14,000 peacekeepers on the ground. Pronczuk reported from Dakar, Senegal.

Goma resident Bahati Jackson’s family has ... Pronczuk reported from Dakar, Senegal, and Lederer reported from New York. Associated Press writer Ignatius Ssuuna in Kigali, Rwanda contributed ...

Rwanda-backed rebels say they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government says the Rwanda-backed rebels’ advance constitutes a “declaration of war."

United Nations and army officials say fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead.

Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo left six United Nations peacekeepers dead, U.N. officials said Saturday.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels claimed ... Pronczuk reported from Dakar, Senegal, and Lederer reported from New York. Associated Press writer Ignatius Ssuuna in Kigali, Rwanda ...

M23 seized Goma in 2012 and controlled it for over a ... Banchereau reported from Dakar, Senegal. Associated Press writers Monika Pronczuk in Dakar, Senegal; Jean-Yves Kamale and Christina Malkia ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Residents in eastern Congo ... Associated Press journalists Monika Pronczuk and Wilson McMakin in Dakar, Senegal; Edith M. Lederer in New York contributed.