Bukavu Stories
As the city of Bukavu tries to recover from the violence, human rights groups and medical organisations are calling for immediate international assist...
Reports indicate that the M23 has expanded its control of mining sites in the region thereby increasing its monthly taxes.
The finger-pointing over Thursday's incident has further inflamed tensions in eastern Congo, where a rebel advance this year has drawn in neighbouring...
People ran through the streets, some bleeding and carrying limp bodies, video showed. Residents said they saw dead bodies, but there was no immediate...
Britain said it would also coordinate with partners on potential new sanctions and suspend future defence training assistance to Rwanda.
The United Nations has warned of surging child recruitment, abductions, killings and sexual violence as the rebels, known as M23, press on after seizi...
The rebel group also expressed gratitude to regional leaders and international partners for their continuous efforts in facilitating a political resol...
Residents and officials described scenes of looting, bodies lying in the street, and government soldiers commandeering boats to flee across Lake Tanga...
Three Congolese military sources said the decision to retreat was made to avoid the bloodshed that accompanied the fall of Goma, eastern Congo's large...
She also voiced concern for journalists, human rights defenders and members of civil society organisations who are seeking protection from reprisals b...
A passenger boat from Bukavu to Goma left on Tuesday morning, operator Lweni Ndale said, adding it was the first he had sent since late January, short...
M23 said its forces moved in to "assist the population" after the city was "abandoned by Kinshasa's coalition forces."
M23 rebels have been pushing south towards Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern DRC, since they seized Goma, the largest city, at the end of las...
The Congolese army confirmed that M23 fighters had taken control of Kavumu airport, north of Bukavu, and that Congolese troops had pulled back with th...
Heavy shelling was reported along the frontline on Tuesday morning, rebel, military and local sources told Reuters.
The United Nations Human Rights Council has also documented a disturbing rise in summary executions, with 12 people reported to have been killed by M2...
At the packed football stadium in Bukavu on Thursday, authorities sought to recruit civilian volunteers to defend the city as the crowd chanted "Free...
