Boat traffic between the cities of Goma and Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo resumed on Tuesday after several days of suspension due to fighting between the army and M23 rebels.

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.

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...

For months, the capital of Tanganyika, a province bordering South Kivu, feared the arrival of M23 rebels and their Rwandan ...

GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week, taking control of a town 100 kilometers (60 miles ...

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.

M23 is one of about 100 armed groups that have been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda, in a conflict that has created one of the world’s most significant ...

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

On June 27th the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo stood in the Oval Office next to Donald ...

Heineken confirmed its facilities in Bukavu, Goma and nearby areas, are now under the “control” of armed personnel.