Rwanda-backed rebels captured a second major strategic city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, expanding their dominance ...

Congo’s largest church organizations met Wednesday with Rwanda-backed rebels in the country’s east in the latest push for ...

One reason the M23 and Rwandan Defence Forces were able to advance into South Kivu quickly is that in January, they had ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and seek to gain political power.

Feb 14 (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu ...

Vincent Kasali, a bean seller in Bukavu, said that trade in the city had been disrupted, especially with navigation on Lake Kivu bordering Rwanda restricted. "We hope that navigation on the lake ...

Some Congolese military personnel surrendered to UN peacekeeping forces following an ultimatum by M23, while others fled by boat across Lake Kivu to Bukavu ... by neighboring Rwanda, is one ...

covering almost the same distance in the previous two days since they started advancing along Lake Kivu on the border with Rwanda. Lacroix said the rebels “seem to be moving quite fast,” and ...

BUKAVU - The still waters of Lake Kivu stretch all the way to the horizon, undisturbed by the turbulence raging on its shores. Boats have vanished from the lake since the Rwanda-backed M23 armed ...

Rwanda-backed fighters were in control of almost ... to the provincial capital of one million people wedged between Lake Kivu and the Rwandan border. "Today we are not afraid," Goma resident ...