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

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

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

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

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.

M23 fighters advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time ...

While the rest of the world focuses on the US, Ukraine, and the Middle East, is Rwanda’s Paul Kagame on the quiet staking out ...

Deng believes it is possible that "concessions will be made to the M23 to satisfy part of Rwanda's demand for minerals from the eastern Congo." Rwanda is the world's largest exporter of coltan ...

DR Congo and the UN accused Rwanda's Tutsi-dominated government of backing the M23 - an allegation which Kigali has persistently denied. But recently, the official response has shifted ...

M23 had declared a ceasefire only days earlier ... “But if you want to ask me, is there a problem in Congo that concerns Rwanda? And that Rwanda would do anything to protect itself?