In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda-backed M23 fighters are marching on the eastern city of Uvira near the border with Burundi, triggering panic, with residents reporting widespread ...

Feb. 20 (UPI) --The U.S. Treasury Department issued sanctions Thursday against figures related to M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Treasury announced sanctions against Rwanda ...

On Sunday, M23 rebels captured the city of 1.3 million people after it was abandoned by Congolese forces. Bukavu lies 101 kilometers south of Goma, which was captured by the rebels in late January.

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.

Turk said in a statement on Tuesday that his office “confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu last week. We are also aware that children were ...

Feb. 17 (UPI) --M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo captured the eastern city of Bukavu with the backing of Rwandan forces, the second major city in the mineral-rich Kivu region to fall ...

BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels confirmed they were in the city to restore order ...

M23 Rebels Advance Into Eastern Congo's Strategic City of Bukavu (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, witnesses said, as the British government warned the advance risks ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), during a rapid advance in the region, the governor of South Kivu ...