Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 said that it had taken control of the strategic city of Uvira in eastern Congo on Wednesday afternoon, following a rapid offensive since the start of the month and on the ...

Oct 7 (Reuters) - An African Union delegation that met Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo has called for continued engagement in the peace process, as fighting continues despite ongoing mediation ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group is smuggling key raw materials including coltan and gold out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, human rights organization Amnesty International said in a report on ...

More than 100 armed groups are vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern DRC near the border with Rwanda, most prominently ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo government and the M23 rebel group have agreed on a roadmap for peace talks aimed at resolving the protracted conflict in eastern DRC. It marks the latest step in an ...

M23 rebels seen in Goma in March after an air strike on the territory The Democratic Republic of Congo government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group have agreed a roadmap for peace talks. In a ...

Amnesty International accused M23 rebels in eastern Congo of carrying out abuses and unlawful killings of miners while trafficking critical minerals to neighbouring Rwanda in what it said could amount ...

Protesters in capital Kinshasa seek expulsion of Rwandan envoy over Kigali's alleged support to notorious M23 rebels – a ...

FILE - Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo soldiers take their position following renewed fighting near the Congolese border with Rwanda, outside Goma in the North Kivu province of ...

Willy Ngoma, spokesperson for the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels fighting in eastern Congo, center, releases captured mercenaries at the Gisenyi border point in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ...