This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...

The rebels this week seized another provincial capital to Goma's south, Bukavu, near Burundi. The region is rich in gold and coltan, a key mineral for the production of capacitors used in most ...

The capture of Bukavu, a commercial hub ... lithium, tin, tungsten and gold deposits. The east is rich in tin, tantalum and gold. (This story has been corrected to fix the name of the shopkeeper ...

The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...

Direct peace talks” between M23 rebels and Democratic Republic of Congo are set to start in Luanda on March 18, Angola’s ...

At least 11 people have been killed in explosions at a rally being held on Thursday by M23 rebel group leaders in the captured city of Bukavu, eastern Congo.

tantalum and gold deposits. CONGO SOLDIERS WITHDRAW Videos verified by Reuters showed M23 fighters in fatigues parading and speaking to locals in Bukavu's Independence Square and outside the ...

Crowds of Congolese police officers who switched to the M23 rebel group sang and clapped in occupied Bukavu city on Saturday, preparing for retraining under the authority of the Rwandan-backed rebels ...

In a lightning three-week offensive, the M23 took control of eastern Congo’s main city Goma and seized the second largest city, Bukavu. The region is rich in gold and coltan, a key mineral for ...