The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general ...

Officials and residents say Rwanda-backed rebels have gained ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they ...

The capture of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last week by the M23 rebel group follows a three-year insurgency heavily supported by neighbouring Rwanda despite its ...

Rwandan-backed rebels are gaining ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, ...

The rebel group has advanced significantly ... Congo, the United States and U.N. experts accuse Rwanda of backing the M23, mainly composed of ethnic Tutsis who broke away from the Congolese ...

Rwanda's government denies the claim but last ... fighting in Kinyezire and Nyamukubi in Kalehe territory between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army on Wednesday. (Arlette Bashizi/Reuters ...

The M23 briefly managed to take over Goma in 2012, prompting international donors to cut aid to Rwanda. Even then the rebels did not hold as much ground as they do now. However, Jason Stearns ...

On Thursday, fighting raged between rebels from the Rwanda-backed M23 group and Congolese forces in the town of Saké, the last major army position before Goma, a provincial capital with more than ...

as the fighters closed in on Goma on the border with Rwanda. The M23 has been making significant advances, though it was unclear whether the rebels will try to capture Goma, which they seized in ...

The Tutsi-led M23 rebels claim to defend Tutsi interests against ethnic Hutu militias whose leaders are linked to the genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994. Since 2021, the group allegedly backed by ...