The group rose to prominence in 2012 when its fighters seized Goma, the capital of North Kivu province and eastern Congo’s largest city, on the border with Rwanda. M23 is one of about 100 armed ...

The U.N. human rights chief has accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing ...

Congo's North Kivu Governor Dies From Injuries in Rebel Offensive KINSHASA (Reuters) - The military governor of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo has died from injuries ...

GOMA, Congo — The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, a military spokesman said Friday, as M23 rebels closed in ...

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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.

Bukavu and Goma, on the southern and northern edges of the sprawling Lake Kivu, both sit on the border with Rwanda, whose exports of minerals smuggled out of Congo have spiked in recent years ...

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 ...

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 ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The governor of eastern Congo’s North-Kivu province died from injuries sustained on the front line Thursday as M23 rebels close in on Goma, authorities said Friday.