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 and ...

Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...

Events in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have thrown into sharp focus sponsorship deals involving the Rwanda ...

Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...

University students say they fear for their safety as they head back to school in rebel-held Bukavu:: March 11, 2025:: Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo:: Patient Kaliwe, Official University of ...

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.

BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo whose residents appeared resigned to their fate under ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo entered the region’s second-largest city of Bukavu on Friday, local and civil society leaders said, the latest ground gained since a major escalation of ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have taken Democratic Republic of Congo's strategic city of Bukavu in the country's mineral-rich east. This means M23 now controls all of eastern Congo's border with ...

Rwanda appears to be betting on its reputation as a key security partner and sports destination to minimize any backlash to its involvement in the war.

Rwanda is asking Britain for a 50 million-pound payment over a cancelled asylum deal, a source close to the government in ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and the allied Alliance Fleuve Congo have threatened, detained, and attacked journalists, critics, and civil society ...