Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered east Congo's second-largest city of Bukavu, residents and a community leader say.

A rebel alliance including the M23 group said on Friday that it had seized a strategic airport as they continued their advance towards eastern Congo's second biggest city, Bukavu. David Doyle has more ...

The rebels - fighting government forces - have seized vast swathes of land in the eastern DR Congo, including the city of Goma. Their push towards Bukavu has raised fears of a wider regional war.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) recently extended its military mission in Congo, a move reportedly opposed by Rwanda. With Bukavu now within the rebels' reach, fears are growing ...

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the ... toward the South Kivu capital of Bukavu. “In Bukavu, tensions are ...

This advance could indicate M23 had renewed push towards Bukavu that the group launched after they seized Goma last week. A Congo military court issued an international arrest warrant for Nangaa ...

Residents in the eastern city of Bukavu pray for peace as fighting with Rwandan backed rebels bereaks out with renewed intensity in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Appeals court rejects Trump's ...

This advance could indicate M23 had renewed push toward Bukavu that the group launched after they seized Goma last week. The capture of eastern Congo's largest city displaced hundreds of thousands ...

and Bukavu. Congo's Communications Minister Patrick Muyaya told Reuters rebels violated the ceasefire at night and were facing resistance from Congolese armed forces around Nyabibwe. Congo ...

The United Nations is also “gravely concerned” at losing Bukavu’s Kavumu airport, which is now used by Congo’s military, she said. Néné Bintou, president of the civil society of South ...

On Tuesday it emerged that 2,000 bodies were still awaiting burial in Goma after the M23 rebels seized the city, which is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province.