This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

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The rebels this week seized another provincial capital to Goma's south, Bukavu, near Burundi. The region is rich in gold and coltan, a key mineral for the production of capacitors used in most ...

The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...

The capture of Bukavu, a commercial hub ... lithium, tin, tungsten and gold deposits. The east is rich in tin, tantalum and gold. (This story has been corrected to fix the name of the shopkeeper ...

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

In Bukavu, there was no sign this call would be heeded ... reject allegations from Congo that it is a Rwandan proxy bent on looting the east's reserves of gold and coltan. Sign up here. Reporting by ...

tantalum and gold deposits. CONGO SOLDIERS WITHDRAW Videos verified by Reuters showed M23 fighters in fatigues parading and speaking to locals in Bukavu's Independence Square and outside the ...

In a lightning three-week offensive, the M23 took control of eastern Congo’s main city Goma and seized the second largest city, Bukavu. The region is rich in gold and coltan, a key mineral for ...

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?