The March 23 Movement (M23) has claimed the capture of D’idjwi Island in D’idjwi territory, South Kivu province, eastern ...

Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ...

“It is peaceful here, unlike over there,” said Exauce Shalako, a 20-year-old man from Goma who was lounging on the shore of Lake Kivu in Rwanda one afternoon this month. Mr.

When the Banyene family were sent back to their home in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, all that had survived the ...

Bukavu (DR Congo) (AFP) – M23 fighters and Rwandan troops entered the DR Congo ... effectively gives the M23 control of the vast Lake Kivu area, which stretches the length of the border with ...

Congo and UN officials have warned the rebel’s next stop may be Bukavu, a city of about a million people on the southern tip of Lake Kivu along Rwanda’s border. The trading hub is an important ...

Rwanda appears to be betting on its reputation as a key security partner and sports destination to minimize any backlash to its involvement in the war.

CONGOLESE soldiers in a mix of fatigues and street clothes crowded into a chapel recently to stand trial for crimes including ...

The DR Congo insists on a military solution in the fight against the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels. Analysts say the fall of Bukavu could complicate matters. Conflicts 02/17/2025 February 17, 2025 ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — (AP) — Rwanda's government ... M23's top military commander, Sultani Makenga, is an ethnic Tutsi born in eastern Congo's North Kivu province, where the rebels resurfaced ...