As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals ...
Rebels from the M23, backed by the Rwandan army, continue to advance in South Kivu drawing closer to the Burundian border, where troops sent by President Évariste Ndayishimiye have gradually retreated ...
(Reuters) -Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern ...
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.
BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said ...
Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, four sources said on ...
Rich in an ore used in electronics, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has become a geopolitical minefield.