Rwanda-Backed Rebels Enter East Congo's Largest City Goma in Major Escalation

Rwandan-backed rebels marched into east Congo's largest city Goma on Monday and Congolese troops exchanged fire with the Rwandan military across the border, in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict for more than a decade.

- Reuters

GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO:

A rebel alliance led by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia said it had seized the lakeside city of more than 2 million people, a major hub for displaced people and aid groups lying on the border with Rwanda and last occupied by M23 in 2012.