The capture of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under the ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting little resistance from government troops, witnesses and the armed group said, as ...

Angola has announced plans to act as a mediator in the conflict between Congo and the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 ...

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.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ...

University students say they fear for their safety as they head back to school in rebel-held Bukavu:: March 11, 2025:: Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo:: Patient Kaliwe, Official University of ...

"The situation in Bukavu is deteriorating dangerously. Our compatriots are continually being killed and pillaged," Lawrence Kanyuka, a spokesperson for a rebel alliance that includes M23 ...

as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the governor's office in Bukavu and pledged to clean up after the "old regime." Associated Press journalists witnessed scores of residents cheering on the rebels ...

The M23-appointed vice governor of South Kivu province, Dunia Masumbuko Bwenge, said there had been "several cases" of ...

Bukavu rises from chaos, but scars remain. Looters and rebels left devastation, yet merchants return, clinging to hope. As ...

Dozens of people were reportedly injured after two explosions hit a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders and residents in ...

The M23 armed group has pushed deeper into the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich region after capturing the key ...