Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.

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

Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 ...

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

The capture of Goma by M23 rebels attracted much noise from western countries and especially the European Parliament. The UN Security Council also held sessions after the fall of Goma, where the UN ...

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.

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

File image/ Reuters Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting little resistance from government troops, witnesses and the ...

the government said Sunday that Bukavu had been entered by the army of neighboring Rwanda "and its auxiliaries," referring to the so-called M23 rebels, and was monitoring the situation hour by ...

Rebels advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on ...

Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Chaos has gripped eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, have seized Bukavu, the region’s second-largest city, without ...

BUKAVU, Congo — (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels confirmed they were in the city to ...