Watch moreFighting intensifies in DR Congo as M23 rebels move closer to Bukavu "The entrance of M23 and the Rwandan Defence Force into Bukavu is a violation of DRC's sovereignty and territorial ...

Rebel forces have been seen in the center of Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on Sunday, residents told CNN, as the fighters push to expand their ...

Rebels have “occupied” a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the governor's office in Bukavu and pledged to ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels appeared on Friday to be closing in on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, as they seized control of the nearby airport of Kavumu ...

The African Union, AU, has warned against the break-up of the Democratic Republic of Congo, two days after the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group entered a second city in the country’s east.

With international pressure mounting on Rwanda to curb the fighting in eastern DR Congo (DRC), the conflict was set to dominate the African Union summit as it opened in Addis Ababa. Rwanda’s ...

Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance which includes M23 rebels, said the rebels had entered the South Kivu provincial capital. The Rwandan-backed militants' progress comes despite ...

M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered (Moses Sawasawa/AP) Panic swept through eastern DR Congo’s second largest city as residents fled to escape the looming advance of ...

With international pressure mounting on Rwanda to curb the fighting in eastern DR Congo (DRC), the conflict was set to dominate the African Union summit as it opened in Addis Ababa. For all latest ...

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded the Democratic Republic of Congo's "territorial integrity" be respected and a regional war avoided, at an African summit the day after Rwandan-backed ...