Rwanda-backed rebels have "occupied" a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the governor's office in Bukavu and ...
Kinshasa estimates that more than 7,000 people have been killed in eastern DR Congo since M23 rebels began seizing territory there this year, while the Rwanda-backed rebels claim to be ...
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.
With the support of thousands of troops from neighboring Rwanda, the M23 rebels first took Goma last month before marching to Bukavu this weekend in an unprecedented advance since they took up ...
M23 rebels say retraining Congolese police in occupied Bukavu Around 1,800 police officers have surrendered, rebel alliance says UN demands M23 cease hostilities, withdraw from eastern Congo ...
More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo KINSHASA, Congo -- More than 7,000 people have ...
Hundreds of Congolese government troops withdrew Sunday from the city of Bukavu, on the shores of Lake Kivu, handing the M23 rebel group another major victory in a lightning offensive. Two days ...
The regional leaders also called for direct talks between President Felix Tshisekedi's government and the M23 rebels. Tshisekedi's ruling UDPS party on Tuesday said Congo would not engage directly ...