Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers ...

The United States has sanctioned a Rwandan government minister for his alleged role in the conflict in neighboring Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels are battling the Congolese army and have captured ...

Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes of the precious mineral are mined every month and then exported to Rwanda. By taking control of Rubaya in North Kivu, the M23 now has its hands on one ...

The retrieval of the bodies comes after the rebel coalition, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – which includes the M23 armed group ... a decade ago. Rwanda’s government denies the claim, but has ...

Rwanda-backed M23 pushes on in DR Congo The M-23 took Goma, the capital of North Kivu province after intense fighting earlier this week and has pushed further, vowing to march all the way to the ...

A report by UN experts in July supported the claims, finding that Rwanda has thousands of troops in eastern DRC -- and holds "de facto control" over the M23. Rwanda has denied the accusations.

M23 seized Goma and advanced south towards South Kivu. SADC held an emergency summit as international pressure mounted on Rwanda. Volunteers enlisted to fight M23 amid humanitarian and human rights ...

The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country.

Goma (AFP) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich ...

Protesters have attacked missions in the capital of the African country as anger grows about the advance of the M23 rebel group.

But today, the international community has fewer means to influence Rwanda as M23 advances southward from Goma. The United States suspended military aid to Rwanda in 2012 in the months before it s ...

The Rwandan-backed M23 group claims it took control of the city, and the DRC has called it a declaration of war by Rwanda. But why is Rwanda involved and what are its interests? This episode was ...