DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels appeared to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo ... this week seized another provincial capital to Goma's south, Bukavu, near ...

Rwanda appears to be betting on its reputation as a key security partner and sports destination to minimize any backlash to its involvement in the war.

Rwanda-backed rebels have "occupied" a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo ... of young men cheered the rebels on to "go all the way to Kinshasa," Congo's capital, nearly 1,000 miles away.

Kinshasa, its capital, is 1,500km from the provinces ... and machine-guns took triumphant selfies in the city’s main square. Rwanda, which has a territory 1/90th of Congo’s, now in effect ...

Rwanda-Backed Rebels Advance Into Eastern Congo's 2nd Major City of Bukavu ... from Bukavu, which is the capital of South Kivu province. Government officials and civil society leaders did not ...

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu ... held a security meeting in the faraway capital of Kinshasa, where officials noted that Bukavu ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu ... held a security meeting in the faraway capital of Kinshasa, where officials noted that Bukavu ...