Rwanda-backed rebels have “occupied” a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's government said Sunday, as ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have tightened their grip on Bukavu a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo.

Rebels advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on Rwanda to stop backing the M23 group and halt the bloodshed. The group, ...

The U.N. Security Council has urged Rwanda to halt its backing of the M23 rebels in eastern Congo, insisting on troop ...

But while Rwanda appears peaceful at home, it is fueling war across the border. Thousands of Rwandan troops have invaded eastern Congo alongside fighters from M23, which is under Rwanda’s ...

Deng believes it is possible that "concessions will be made to the M23 to satisfy part of Rwanda's demand for minerals from the eastern Congo." Rwanda is the world's largest exporter of coltan ...

The Congo River Alliance ... the UN said almost 3,000 people had been killed. The M23 rebels are backed by some 4,000 troops from Rwanda, according to UN experts, far more than in 2012 when ...

The M23 rebels are the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control of Congo’s mineral-rich east, and are supported by some 4,000 troops from neighboring Rwanda, according to ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, witnesses said, as the British government warned the advance risks ...

Rwanda waged the First Congo War against Zaire with the help of other African states (most significantly Uganda, but also Angola and Burundi), who had their own security concerns related to Mobutu ...