GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered east Congo’s second-largest city of Bukavu, residents and a community leader say.

If the rebels capture the capital of South Kivu province, it would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

The U.N. children’s fund on Thursday accused armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping ...

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GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s largest church organizations met Wednesday with Rwanda-backed rebels in the country’s east in the ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

The U.N. says more than 110,000 displaced people have in recent days left settlement camps in eastern Congo’s cities ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — The trial of 84 Congolese soldiers accused of murder, rape and other crimes against civilians in the ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in even more countries, analysts warn, and the two nations most ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Zawadi Sifa, right, 35, mother of seven, who has been fleeing ...