Panic swept through eastern DR Congo’s second largest city as residents fled to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels. Amid chaos and looting, Bukavu braced for what comes next.

Drivers in and around Reigate and Banstead will have 10 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

The M23 rebels took control of a town 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Bukavu on Wednesday, civil society officials and residents told The Associated Press. The rebels on ...

Reigate and Banstead's motorists will have nine road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are seeking to advance south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in an attempt to expand their area of control in the ...

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on Wednesday night, January 29, told the East African Community (EAC) heads of state that in order to resolve the crisis in eastern Congo, the M23 and the ...

At a briefing where they sought to assert their control over the eastern city of Goma and surrounding territory in the neighbouring South Kivu province, the M23 rebels said they would be open to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rebel leader of rebel group of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) including M23, Corneille Nangaa, addresses a news ...

Earlier this week the Tutsi-led M23 rebels seized Goma, the largest city in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo which is home to lucrative gold, coltan and tin ore mines. They then shifted ...

It is still unclear how many people have died in the ongoing conflict pitting the M23 and the Congolese army. Bodies of soldiers could be seen lying on the streets Thursday. The residents of Goma ...

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo, with queues of young men volunteering to defend a provincial capital on Friday. The group ...

The M23 took Goma, capital of North Kivu province, after intense fighting this week and has pushed further, vowing to march all the way to the capital Kinshasa. The latest violence to wrack the ...