In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...
Goma, the capital of North Kivu, is both a strategic economic hub and a trade conduit to Rwanda. Rwanda frames its ...
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
There is a fresh tension in the Southern Africa bloc following the sound of war note between South Africa and Rwanda over the ...
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country.
Rwanda's government, led by President Paul Kagame, has been accused by the DRC and various international organizations of ...
Kagame says militias backed by the DRC, including Rwandan genocidaires FDLR, were ...