The defection ceremony took place in front of the provincial police headquarters, drawing the attention of the local ...

More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in ...

The M23 movement, supported by some 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, according to U.N. experts, now controls large tracts of troubled eastern Congo. Its rapid advance has sent tens of thousands fleeing.

As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja ...

M23 Rebels Capture South Kivu’s Bukavu as Uganda Threatens Attack | Firstpost Africa | N18G Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have ...

Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents shot dead three boys who had picked up guns left by Congolese soldiers fleeing the rebel advance ...

After the M23 Rwanda-backed rebels Feb. 16 occupied Bukavu, a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Catholic ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

At least 179 people have been hospitalized in Bukavu, the provincial capital of South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have promised to “restore security” in Bukavu, the second major city in the country’s east to fall under the control of the ...

Residents and business owners in eastern Congo’s second largest city are sitting in wait after a night of loud gunfire ...