A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in ...

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda said he was “thankful” for U.S. mediation in his country’s conflict with neighboring Congo following last week’s agreement in Washington, but warned that its success ...

NEW YORK, July 2 (Reuters) - Rwanda has exercised command and control over M23 rebels during their advance in eastern Congo, ...

The signing of a peace agreement between the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda in Washington has ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a peace agreement Washington to end fighting that has killed ...

Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Reports indicate casualties among ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers, the families say, with the troops' wives chased ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Congo declared a unilateral ceasefire Monday, citing humanitarian grounds, but there was no sign of them giving up ...

The takeover of Goma is not without precedent. The M23 first emerged in 2012 as the latest in a string of Rwanda-supported armed groups operating in eastern DRC since the mid-1990's.

DRC’s government has called the takeover a “declaration of war” by neighboring Rwanda. Goma, a regional hub of over 2 million people, is on the DRC’s border with Rwanda.

Credit: AP/Brian Inganga The M23 rebels are backed by some 4,000 troops from neighboring Rwanda, according to U.N. experts, far more than in 2012 when they first captured Goma.

Its capture of Goma that year triggered international action, including the creation of a muscular UN Force Intervention Brigade and the suspension of over $200 million in aid to Rwanda - measures ...