Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo whose residents appeared resigned to their fate under the new rulers.

Residents of eastern Congo's second-largest city on Monday surveyed the aftermath of widespread looting that accompanied the arrival of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels ... of two major wars that ran ...

Bukavu, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo whose residents appeared resigned to their fate under ...

M23 rebels patrol the centre of east Congo's second-largest city Bukavu, in South Kivu, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga) ...

Rwandan-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Congo River Alliance, a group of rebel outfits including M23, said in a statement its ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre ... territory than all other rebellions since the end of two major wars that ran from 1996 to 2003. These advances have also handed ...

Feb. 17 (UPI) --M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo captured the eastern city of Bukavu with the backing of Rwandan forces, the second major city in the mineral-rich Kivu region to fall ...

M23 rebels have entered the centre of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu (AP) Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of ...

On Saturday, many Congolese soldiers were seen retreating from the rebels’ advance into Bukavu, joining thousands of fleeing civilians amid widespread looting and panic. Congo’s President Felix ...

Rebels say Congo soldiers 'abandoned' population ... more territory than all other rebellions since the end of two major wars that ran from 1996 to 2003. These advances have also handed them ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have taken Democratic Republic of Congo’s strategic city of Bukavu in the country’s mineral-rich east, pushing the region closer to a multination war, Congo’s government ...