The M23 fighters moved into the centre of Bukavu on Sunday, marking the Tutsi-led group's most significant advance since seizing east Congo's biggest city of Goma in late January. The capture of ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), M23 rebels have captured Bukavu in the DRC, following Goma's fall, with locals surprisingly welcoming them. The DRC faces systemic corruption ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. M23 rebels patrol the centre of east Congo’s second-largest city Bukavu, in South Kivu, Monday, Feb. 17 ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have taken Democratic Republic of Congo's strategic city of Bukavu in the country's mineral-rich east. This means M23 now controls all of eastern Congo's border with ...

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 ...

File image/ Reuters Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting little resistance from government troops, witnesses and the ...

On Sunday, the governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province confirmed that M23 rebels, reportedly backed by Rwanda, had moved into the center of Bukavu, the provincial capital.

The armed group reached the outskirts of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, on Friday, shortly after seizing control of its airport, located about 30 kilometers (18 miles) away. With the fall ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have promised to “restore security” in Bukavu, the second major city in the country’s east to fall under the control of the ...