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.

“We are going to clean up the disorder left over from the old regime,” Byamungu said, as some in the small crowd of young men cheered the rebels on to “go all the way to Kinshasa,” Congo ...

Rebels say Congo soldiers 'abandoned' population Army exit gave rise to crime, prison break Rapid offensive has fanned fears of a wider war Congo accuses Rwanda of seizing minerals Feb 17 (Reuters ...

GOMA, Congo — Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.

Feb. 17 (UPI) --M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo captured the eastern city of Bukavu with the backing of Rwandan forces, the second major city in the mineral-rich Kivu region to fall ...

Residents of eastern Congo's second-largest city on Monday surveyed the aftermath of widespread looting that accompanied the arrival of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who have pledged to restore order.

Bukavu, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo whose residents appeared resigned to their fate under ...

Rwandan-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Congo River Alliance, a group of rebel outfits including M23, said in a statement its ...

The group was formed in 2012 by some members of the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), which itself was an offshoot of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) — the Tutsi rebels ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured a strategic airport and closed in on a second major city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, expanding their stranglehold over the country’s mineral-rich east.