By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) -Rwanda has exercised command and control over M23 rebels during their advance in eastern Congo, gaining political influence and access to mineral-rich ...

Another officer said M23 was advancing towards Mubi, another town in the area, after the army and pro-government militia bombed Walikale's airport and cut off some of M23's road access.

Rwanda-backed rebels say they've captured Congo city of Goma 04:38. Geneva — The United Nations on Friday voiced alarm at rampant violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the M23 ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have committed unlawful killings, rape, and other apparent war crimes since late 2022. Attacks with explosive weapons in populated ...

Bertrand Bisimwa, the AFC/M23 rebellion’s deputy coordinator, has once again denounced the Congolese government’s endless targeting and killing of unarmed Banyamulenge civilians in Minembwe ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are reportedly occupying Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the second major city in the country's mineral-rich east to fall under their control.

M23 denied these claims, insisting its presence in the Rubaya area was “solely humanitarian.” Miners work at a coltan mine, near Rubaya, in DR Congo's North Kivu region, on April 12, 2023 ...

The Congo government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels aim to hold direct talks on April 9, sources from both camps said on Tuesday, a potential boost to Qatar's efforts to end the Central African ...

But with M23 closing in on Goma, they had hardly fled to a place of safety. Still, it was the only option, Ms. Rugesha said. “There is nothing else to do,” she said.

As M23 rebels captured the village of Mushaki in North Kivu province after more than two days of fighting with government forces and militias, civilians — including refugees from other areas ...

Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.