Trucks and cars full of Congolese soldiers carrying their weapons could be seen circulating in Bukavu, South Kivu province on Friday.

February 21, 2025. Long queues have formed outside local banks in Bukavu as desperate residents wait for hours to

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels enter Bukavu, escalating conflict and causing displacement in eastern Congo amid ceasefire violations and international concerns.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered east Congo's second-largest city of Bukavu, residents and a community leader say. Kansas City retiree who shot Ralph Yarl after the Black teen mistakenly rang his doorbell pleads guilty to lesser charge.

Trucks and cars full of Congolese soldiers carrying their weapons could be seen circulating in Bukavu, South Kivu province on Friday. It came as Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo claimed

Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents shot dead three boys who had picked up guns left by Congolese soldiers fleeing the rebel advance in eastern Congo, the U.N. said on Tuesday, adding the incident to a list of grave human rights violations reported during the conflict.

Three children were executed by the Rwanda-backed M23 after they donned weapons and uniforms abandoned by the Congolese army in the eastern city of Bukavu, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday (February 18).

Government forces and local militias have clashed south of the provincial capital of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as troops fall back in the face of an advance by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels,

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have taken Democratic Republic of Congo’s strategic city of Bukavu in the country’s mineral-rich east. This means M23 now controls all of eastern Congo's border with Rwanda along Lake Kivu,

Smoke billows from Bukavu Central Prison buildings, a day after the prison break as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced into the centre of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer (Reuters) - Residents of eastern Congo's second-largest city on Monday surveyed the aftermath of widespread looting that accompanied the arrival of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who have pledged to restore order.

Reta ya Congo ishimangira ko iriko irakora ibishoboka vyose kugira ngo "isubize ibintu mu buryo, igarukane umutekano n'ubusugire bwayo".

Bukavu's fall, if confirmed, marks the armed group's most significant advance since it revived a decade-old insurgency in east Congo in 2022.