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

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 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.

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).

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.

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.

An M23 leader, surrounded by armed rebel fighters, promised to restore order to east Congo’s second largest city after the Rwanda-backed group entered the central part of Bukavu Sunday morning.

Smoke was seen rising from a prison in Bukavu on Sunday (February 16), a day after a breakout, as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced into the center of the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Eyewitness video showed Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in the centre of Bukavu, the second largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as a spokesperson for the militia told Reuters on Sunday (February 16): "we are there.