The Rwandan shore of Lake Kivu offers leisure and relaxation. Across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the same ...

Residents say Rwanda-backed rebels appear to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo. International pressure ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu and are present in most parts of the city after little resistance from government forces.

Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and rape has consistently ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels were seen in the centre of eastern Congo's second-largest city ... The governor of South Kivu province confirmed on Sunday that Rwandan-backed M23 rebels had entered the ...

The governor of South Kivu province confirmed on Sunday that Rwandan-backed M23 rebels had entered the centre of the provincial capital Bukavu from where he said Congolese troops had withdrawn ...

home to the airport that serves the South Kivu provincial capital of Bukavu. The M23 group is the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control of Congo's mineral-rich east.

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 that they ...

Rebel coalition, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), which includes the M23 armed group, said in a statement Saturday it had taken control of the Kavumu airport in South Kivu and forced government forces ...

The rebels have been trying to push south towards Bukavu since they seized Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo, at the end of last month. The capture of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu ...

In Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province, which is in the M23's ... In Kinshasa, stunned by Goma's capture, the Notre-Dame du Congo Cathedral played host to a "solidarity mass" on Sunday.