(Reuters) -Congolese authorities have blocked access to the airport in Goma, a provincial capital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and cancelled flights as Rwandan-backed rebels advance on the city,

M23 urged residents of Goma to remain calm and for Congolese forces ... while seven other South African soldiers and three from Malawi, serving in a separate Southern African mission were also ...

Additionally, three Malawian peacekeepers were killed in eastern Congo, the United Nations in Malawi said in a statement ... encircling the eastern city of Goma, which has around 2 million people ...

"Several sites on the outskirts of Goma, sheltering more than 300,000 displaced ... Heavy fighting has already killed 13 soldiers from South Africa, Malawi and Uruguay. Some of the soldiers ...

Economic rivalry and ethnic tensions lay at the center of the long-simmering conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the strategically located city of Goma has recently fallen to r

Malawi and Uruguay said four of their troops ... Hundreds of displaced people have fled to the provincial capital Goma. Gunfire could be heard early on Sunday morning, leading to panic in some ...

M23 rebels said they have advanced into Goma, a large city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of thousands of residents have been displaced.

Congo has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces rages around the key eastern city of Goma

This comes after the reportedly Rwandan-backed rebels said over the weekend they had taken control of the city, the biggest city in the region

South Africa’s military presence in the eastern DR Congo is not a declaration of war against any country or state,’ says President Cyril Ramaphosa - Anadolu Ajansı

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s regional and international partners must exert pressure on all parties to the conflict in the east of the country

The UN has cited the crisis in the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC) as one of the most protracted, complex, and serious humanitarian crises on Earth, with close to 6.5 million people being displaced.