Rwandan-backed rebels declare they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma, as their troops continue to claim more territory in the mineral rich region.

(SOUNDBITE OF WATER LAPPING) KATE BARTLETT, BYLINE: The Serena Hotel ... in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, in which nearly 1 million mainly Tutsis were killed by Hutu extremists.

Thirteen South Africans were killed last month by the most dangerous man in the world: Rwandan president Paul Kagame.

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.