Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo have claimed that they have seized a second airport in the region following a days-long ...

Trucks and cars full of Congolese soldiers carrying their weapons could be seen circulating in Bukavu, South Kivu province on ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo entered the region’s second-largest city of Bukavu on Friday, local and civil society ...

The M23, which claims to protect ethnic Tutsis, started advancing on South Kivu after taking control ... had left nearly 3,000 dead. DRC accuses Rwanda and the rebels of looting the country ...

Rwanda denies military support for the M23. The group took the strategic city of Goma, capital of North Kivu province, last week and is pushing into neighbouring South Kivu in the latest episode ...

Burundi, which borders both DRC and Rwanda, has sent around 10 000 soldiers to South Kivu to support the Congolese army. Its soldiers were involved in fighting against the M23 in the last few days on ...

After taking control of Goma, the M23 rebels – backed by Rwanda – now want to advance further into South Kivu. But as they edge closer to Burundi, the war risks dragging in more neighbours. A week on ...

The latest clashes began in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday in the Kalehe territory, near Nyabibwe, in South Kivu province ... of the conflict. Rwanda's President Paul Kagame and ...

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