GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed to have begun a withdrawal from the city of Uvira in eastern Congo late ...

The rebel movement M23 has announced its exit from the strategically important city of Uvira in eastern DRC. This reportedly ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have begun withdrawing from the eastern Congolese town of Uvira in an effort to support U.S.-backed peace efforts, their leaders said on Wednesday, promising to complete the ...

Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

The Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) has announced that it will unilaterally withdraw its forces from the city of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, describing the move as a ...

After seizing the major cities of Goma and Bukavu earlier this year, the M23 captured the strategic city near the border with ...

M23 entered Uvira, near the Burundi border, earlier this month, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met with U.S. President Donald ‌Trump in Washington to reaffirm their ...

The M23 rebel group's withdrawal from Uvira under US pressure could reshape dynamics in eastern Congo. Is Rwanda's influence ...

The Rwanda-backed militia seized the strategic city near the border with Burundi last Wednesday, days after the Congolese and ...

The Alliance Fleuve Congo says the pullout is a trust-building step to support a Qatar-mediated peace process.

The United States cast doubt Wednesday on a claim by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group that it was withdrawing from Uvira in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as requested by Washington.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, M23 leaders say they have agreed to withdraw from the key town of Uvira in the ...