Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes in recent weeks as a result of the rebel advance.

Rebels from the Rwandan-backed M23 group have entered Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic ...

Congolese authorities said its troops and its allies clashed with the M23 rebel group, supported by Rwandan soldiers, in the ...

The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have attacked Congolese government forces in the South Kivu province, breaking a two-day lull ...

Fighting has stopped in the city of more than a million but clashes have spread to the neighbouring province of South Kivu, ...

After taking control of Goma, the M23 rebels – backed by Rwanda – now want to advance further into South Kivu. But as they ...

The Eastern Congo rebel alliance that includes the M23 has declared a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons starting on Feb. 4, ...

from Bukavu and 40km from the South Kivu's airport, security sources told news agency AFP. A spokesperson for the Congo River Alliance (known by its French acronym AFC), an alliance of rebel ...

The group took the strategic city of Goma, capital of North Kivu province, last week and is pushing into neighbouring South Kivu in the latest episode of decades-long turmoil in the region.