Rebels advancing in eastern Congo US imposed sanctions on Rwanda's James Kabarebe UK and EU also reviewing Rwanda ties Kabarebe says sanctions will deter Kinshasa from peace talks NAIROBI ...

By the peaceful shore of Lake Kivu in Gisenyi, Rwanda, this month.Credit... Supported by By Elian Peltier Photographs by Guerchom Ndebo Elian Peltier and Guerchom Ndebo reported from both Goma ...

FDLR is a DR Congo-based terrorist militia founded by remnants of the masterminds of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Welcomed into eastern DR Congo, then Zaïre, in July 1994 ...

Rwanda suspended development cooperation with Belgium for trying to “sabotage” its access to financing amid disagreements over its role in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

People watch the first boat leaving Bukavu heading to Goma on Lake Kivu since the eastern Congo city was taken by M23 rebels Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga) ...

The M23 rebels are backed by some 4,000 troops from Rwanda, according to UN experts, far more than in 2012 when they first briefly captured Goma and then withdrew after international pressure.

Deng believes it is possible that "concessions will be made to the M23 to satisfy part of Rwanda's demand for minerals from the eastern Congo." Rwanda is the world's largest exporter of coltan ...

An M23 leader, surrounded by armed rebel fighters, promised to restore order to east Congo’s second largest city after the Rwanda-backed group entered the central part of Bukavu Sunday morning. M23 ...

M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province administrative office, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga) ...

In a statement, the DRC government said it was following developments in Bukavu "hour-by-hour," and accused Rwanda of "plans of occupation, of pillages" in the east. The DRC claims that some 4,000 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People walk past an independence square in Bukavu, eastern Congo, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier ...

Panic swept through eastern Congo's second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels. The morning after M23 ...