After Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took control of the biggest city in eastern Congo this week, the man who emerged from the shadows to assert his leadership was not the group's long-time military leader.

Hamas was set to free three more hostages, including American-Israeli Keith Siegel, in the latest phase of a fragile ceasefire on Saturday.

Southern African leaders pledged "unwavering" backing Friday to the Democratic Republic of Congo after advances by the Rwanda-backed M23 group, which ...