The M23 has continued to gain ground in eastern DR Congo and last month seized the region's second-biggest city, Bukavu.
The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...
Islamic State-linked rebels have killed at least nine villagers in an attack in Congo’s conflict-battered east ...
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.
Rwanda-backed rebels have "occupied" a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the governor's office in Bukavu ...
African leaders announced a phased military withdrawal from eastern Congo, involving troops from South Africa, Tanzania, and ...