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.

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

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

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

Former DRC police join M23 as rebels advance, while Lubero residents fear imminent attack Former DRC police officers in ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered east Congo's second-largest city of Bukavu, residents and a community leader say.

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 ...

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 ...

The M23 has made significant territorial gains along Congo’s border with Rwanda in recent weeks, after months of regional attempts to make peace failed. On Sunday night, the rebels called on ...