“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.

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

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

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese army, DW examines whether the military has the capacity to respond ...

Once Minova and Sake on Lake Kivu had fallen to the advancing rebels ... Back in late 1996, another chubby Congolese rebel leader serving as camouflage for a Rwandan military intervention also ...

as a number of DRC's nine neighbours and South Africa already have military boots on the ground. Bukavu previously fell to soldiers who deserted the Congolese army in 2004 and its capture effectively ...

In a unanimous resolution, the Security Council condemned the M23 advances with the support of the Rwanda Defense Forces ... have also gained control over Lake Kivu after its lightning offensive ...

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance in eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese army, DW examines whether the military has the capacity to respond ...

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.

M23 fighters advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on Rwanda to stop ... M23 control of Lake Kivu following its ...

Friday's unanimously adopted UN Security Council resolution "strongly condemns the ongoing offensive and advances of the M23 in North-Kivu and South Kivu with the support of the Rwanda ... tip of Lake ...