Heavy artillery fire could be heard in Goma on Monday, hours after Rwandan troops and fighters from the M23 rebel group entered the capital of North Kivu Province. The UN has warned of a looming ...

The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first ...

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade. Those revenue flows intensified after M23 ... to the border with Congo to oversee ...

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

The M23 rebels’ offensive at the heart of the mineral-rich region threatens ... made significant territorial gains along Congo’s border with Rwanda in recent weeks, after months of regional ...

In 2012, when M23 rebels ... of minerals it mines, last year the U.S. State Department said Rwanda exported more minerals than it mined, citing a U.N. report. And just last month, Congo filed ...

When Rwanda-backed rebels seized ... troops were active across the Congolese border. More have been observed pouring into Congo this week. M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who ...

A lightning advance in Congo's mineral ... border with Congo to oversee the crisis. Congolese demonstrators attend a protest against Rwanda, amid tensions following a clash in Goma between M23 ...