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

BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said ...

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

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels push deeper into eastern DRC, capturing new territory as violence escalates. Jeff Bezos asks ...

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

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 UN Security Council has issued a statement calling for the withdrawal of M23 rebels from eastern DRC. Further more Rwanda ...

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.

Rwanda is the world's largest exporter of coltan, which is crucial to the nation's economy. The Congolese authorities see the M23 rebels as a proxy army of Rwanda that supports the illegal ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels were seen in the centre of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) second-largest city, Bukavu at the weekend. A local official, a security source and five ...