Rwanda-backed rebels have tightened their grip on Bukavu a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo.

M23 rebels march through the centre of eastern Congo’s second largest city early Sunday as some onlookers cheer their arrival ...

A prison in Bukavu where inmates fled following the arrival of M23 rebels ...

Video shows M23 rebels and military vehicles just outside Kavumu airport north of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Delcat Idengo, well-known for his critical songs, died after releasing a track condemning the city's rebel occupation.

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M23 rebels are now approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Bukavu, she added. The M23 rebels on Monday announced the ceasefire on humanitarian grounds after pleas for the safe passage of ...

Until then, fears had been mounting that Rwanda was determined to take more territory from its vast neighbour, with M23 forces steadily heading south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu ...

Nyabibwe is about 100 km (60 miles) from Bukavu - the east's second-largest city, and the reported target of the rebels' most recent advance. The Congolese authorities have enlisted hundreds of ...