Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ...

The front line between the M23 guerrillas and the "Wazalendo" militiamen runs through the Ruzizi plain (in the province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo). According to a ...

LIVE: M23 Captures South Kivu’s Capital Bukavu as DR Congo Soldiers Flee | Firstpost Africa Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have ...

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. The M23 rebels were being cheered on by ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured the second-biggest city in DR Congo’s mineral-rich East. They have captured Bukavu, ...

The AFC/M23 rebels accused the Congolese armed forces of using a Sukhoi 25 fighter jet to bomb "densely populated areas of Kalehe," a territory of South Kivu province, and killing 10 people and ...

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 ...

It is high time the South African National Defence Forces' (SANDF) holed up in a UN base camp in DR Congo's North Kivu Province returned home since they have no business in AFC/M23 rebel-held ...

BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second ... stood in front of the South Kivu governor’s office in Bukavu and told residents they have been living in a “jungle." ...

Kinshasa, its capital, is 1,500km from the provinces (South Kivu, North Kivu and Ituri) that border the other Great Lakes countries (Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda). The advance of M23, a Rwandan ...