R ulers of the Democratic Republic of Congo have rarely, if ever, fully controlled the east of Africa’s second-largest country. Kinshasa, its capital, is 1,500km from the provinces (South Kivu, North Kivu and Ituri) that border the other Great Lakes countries (Burundi,

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have taken Democratic Republic of Congo’s strategic city of Bukavu in the country’s mineral-rich east. This means M23 now controls all of eastern Congo's border with Rwanda along Lake Kivu,

Trucks and cars full of Congolese soldiers carrying their weapons could be seen circulating in Bukavu, South Kivu province on Friday. It came as Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo claimed

Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, and taken control of the South Kivu province administrative office

Chaotic scenes unfolded in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu on Saturday (February 15) after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels reached its outskirts. Olivia Zollino reports. US says will levy tariffs on Mexico,

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged dialogue between warring parties in eastern Congo on Saturday at an African Union summit, hours after Rwanda-backed M23 entered the northern suburbs of the provincial capital Bukavu.

Residents and business owners in eastern Congo’s second largest city sat in wait on Saturday morning after a night of loud gunfire marking the ongoing advance of

The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid. Volker Türk said in a statement Tuesday that his office “confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu last week.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered east Congo’s second-largest city of Bukavu, residents and a community leader say.

LIVE: M23 Captures South Kivu’s Capital Bukavu as DR Congo Soldiers Flee | Firstpost Africa Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured the second-biggest city in DR Congo’s mineral-rich East. They have captured Bukavu,

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers. That's according to the soldier's families.