Residents in the eastern city of Bukavu pray for peace as fighting with Rwandan backed rebels bereaks out with renewed intensity in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, as Burundi ...

without even paying the hotel fees," said Christian Wanduma, a lawyer representing local communities in the trial. The judge in a court in Bukavu, the capital of eastern South Kivu province ...

Corneille Nangaa is the head of the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), the political arm of m23, an armed group led by Congolese ...

It remains under rebel control. The M23 had been reported to be gaining ground in other areas of eastern Congo and advancing ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off ...

The meeting comes amid escalating violence in the DRC, where rebel groups under the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) have taken control of key cities, including Goma in North Kivu and Nyabibwe ...

Some Congolese military personnel surrendered to UN peacekeeping forces following an ultimatum by M23, while others fled by boat across Lake Kivu to Bukavu ... homes and hotels to check if ...

Rwandan-backed rebels declare they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma, as their troops continue to claim more territory in the mineral rich region.

(SOUNDBITE OF WATER LAPPING) KATE BARTLETT, BYLINE: The Serena Hotel, Goma's five-star establishment ... towards another provincial capital - Bukavu. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT ...