Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong ...

Gisenyi, Rwanda - January 29, 2025 Over 200 European mercenaries who had been supporting the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) crossed from the Congolese city of Goma (northeast ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called for a ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called ...

The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of ...

Asadu reported from Abuja, Nigeria. Associated Press writers Christina Malkia and Jean-Yves Kamale in Kinshasa, Congo; Ignatius Ssuuna in Gisenyi, Rwanda; Mark Banchereau in Paris, Mogomotsi ...

More than 280 Romanian "mercenaries" fighting alongside Congolese forces have surrendered to M23 in the Rwandan border town of Gisenyi, Rwanda's army said on X. They are being evacuated in buses ...

GISENYI, Rwanda—Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s interior and seek the protection of a weak army in ...

GOMA, Congo — (AP) — Rebels backed by Rwanda captured more towns in eastern ... Ignatius Ssuuna in Gisenyi and Mark Banchereau in Paris contributed.