Regional tensions spiral as peacekeepers killed in fighting following Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group offensive ...
Local sources said Kigali-backed fighters were advancing on a new front and had seized two districts in South Kivu province, ...
Rwanda-backed fighters advanced on a second front in their lightning offensive across eastern DR Congo on Wednesday after ...
Kenya has announced a virtual crisis summit, but Congolese state media says President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend.
M23 rebels, with support from Rwandan troops, are now advancing toward the capital of neighbouring South Kivu province, in the biggest escalation since 2012 of a decades-old conflict ...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa accuses Rwanda of backing M23 rebels behind escalating crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this week ...
A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
Diplomatic sources say the bloc is facing calls to suspend its wide-ranging minerals agreement with Rwanda amid fears it is inflaming the escalating conflict in eastern DRC. View on euronews ...