The U.N. says Rwanda-backed rebels are expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing the region's major city.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels asserted their control over east Congo's largest city Goma on Thursday by calling on residents to ...

Rwandan forces and the abusive M23 armed group should urgently ensure access to and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian ...

Rwanda has denied this. The rebels advanced south on Wednesday in an apparent attempt to expand their area of control. They marched along the western side of Lake Kivu and neared Kavumu ...

M23 forces were advancing south from the town of Minova, along the western side of Lake Kivu ... sent to beef up Congo’s defenses in South Kivu. Rwanda has not commented directly on its troops ...

Kamanzi: Our Lake Kivu is deeper than other lakes in the region, so we might have more oil than our neighbors Kigali, Rwanda ...

“Goma is a strategic and highly symbolic city with an international airport, as well as proximity to Rwanda and Lake Kivu, opening the easy path with South Kivu,” he said. But, most ...

“Roads are blocked, ports are closed and those crossing Lake Kivu are risking their lives ... The M23, a mainly ethnic Tutsi rebel group close to Rwanda and Uganda, resumed lightning attacks ...

"In Bukavu, foreigners are fleeing," missionaries from the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu tell Fides. "The various embassies in Kinshasa have ordered their compatriots to leave the ...