The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.

M23's last occupation of Goma was short-lived, and within a year they were a defeated force. This time, things are different.

Congo severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces raged around the key ...

Rwanda-backed rebels captured large parts of eastern Congo's largest city including its airport, the United Nations said, as ...

United Nations agencies called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting ...

The M23 group, which the United Nations and several nations allege is backed by Rwanda, has made significant territorial ...

By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed rebels strengthened their ...

After three years on the run from the Rwandan-backed M23 insurgency in eastern Congo, on Sunday, with the rebels fighting ...

M23 is under the military command of Sultani Makenga, a Congolese rebel who fought in Rwanda in the 1990s, joined the Congolese Army in the 2000s and then defected to join M23 in 2012. Mr. Makenga ...

Rwanda has blamed the violence on the Congolese ... he was “deeply troubled” by the assault by the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, according to State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce.

His government denies supporting M23, despite reports from U.N. experts who estimate there are up to 4,000 Rwandan forces in Congo. Rwanda has accused Congo of enlisting Hutu rebels and former ...