UNITED NATIONS — Rwandan-backed rebels now control large parts of eastern Congo and threaten to expand their offensive west into two neighboring provinces, the top U.N. official in the conflict ...
The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January when the Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma, followed by Bukavu in February.
The European Union’s response to the armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has not matched the rapid ...