Rwanda-backed rebels have “occupied” a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's government said Sunday, as ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have tightened their grip on Bukavu a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo.

Gen’ Ezechiel Gakwerere, 61, a senior member of the DR Congo-based FDLR genocidal militia, was among 15 militia fighters handed over to Rwandan authorities by AFC/M23 rebels at La Corniche One Stop ...

BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels confirmed they were in the city to restore order ...

Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.

The M23 rebels are backed by some 4,000 troops from Rwanda, according to UN experts, far more than in 2012 when they first briefly captured Goma and then withdrew after international pressure.

The U.N. Security Council has urged Rwanda to halt its backing of the M23 rebels in eastern Congo, insisting on troop ...

Congo says over 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory ...

mainly Hutu rebel group that includes some fighters who were involved in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. The Tutsi-led M23, short for the March 23 Movement, first seized control of Goma in 2012.

Nairobi, Kenya – Weeks after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed control of the Congolese city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, fighters are advancing in neighbouring South Kivu despite ...