On February 16th soldiers from M 23 marched single-file through the streets of Bukavu, eastern Congo’s second-largest city.

Rwandan-backed rebels have entered Bukavu, a major city in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The M23 were reported to be gaining ground in other areas of eastern Congo and advancing on another provincial capital, Bukavu. But they revealed on Monday they had no plans to seize Bukavu.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu ... The capture of Nyabibwe on Lake Kivu takes the rebels a step closer to ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, ...

Meanwhile, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized control of the town of Nyabibwe in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, eight sources said on Wednesday - an apparent violation of a ...

Goma, Congo — Rwandan-backed rebels gained ground ... Néné Bintou, president of the civil society of South Kivu province, told the AP that the mining city of Nyabibwe was under the control ...

A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has ... the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province. More than a dozen foreign ...

A week on from their entry into Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the M23 and their ... towards neighbouring South Kivu. On 21 January, M23 launched a bold advance capturing Minova on the ...