A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in ...

The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced and seized the ...

The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma in North Kivu province, followed by Bukavu in February.

The Bukavu facilities employ around 1,000 people both directly and indirectly, it said. Goma, Bukavu and Uvira had together previously accounted for roughly a third of Heineken's business in Congo.

Goma/Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo — "Civilians continue to die and live in fear." After a rapid advance saw Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seize the two largest cities in eastern ...

The humanitarian and internal security conditions in Goma and Bukavu are extremely serious. In the two cities of North and South Kivu in eastern DRC, occupied by the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group ...

On Jan. 27, a week after our arrival, we woke up to the news that Goma had fallen. There were large demonstrations in nearby Bukavu.

The privilege of being western On Jan. 27, a week after our arrival, we woke up to the news that Goma had fallen. There were large demonstrations in nearby Bukavu.

Josue Wallay, an activist from Fight for Change, a civil society movement that advocates for social justice, said Goma and Bukavu had been looted, and humanitarian aid was needed.

But the rebels apparently had it much easier in Bukavu, 100 kilometres south of Goma, where residents reported Congolese forces fleeing as M23 fighters marched into the city with little resistance.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), M23 rebels have captured Bukavu in the DRC, following Goma's fall, with locals surprisingly welcoming them. The DRC faces systemic corruption, military ...

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), M23 rebels have captured Bukavu in the DRC, following Goma's fall, with locals surprisingly welcoming them. The DRC faces systemic ...