Revenue from taxes, trade, and mining is used to pay fighters, maintain a parallel administration, and consolidate territory.

BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept 10 (Reuters) - A fire in Congo's rebel-controlled city of Bukavu killed at least ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have established a parallel system of governance and taxation across areas they control in eastern ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels said Tuesday they will withdraw from Uvira, the strategic city in eastern Congo seized last week, as fighting in the region escalated despite a ...

Violent fighting erupted on Saturday between pro-Kinshasa forces and M23 rebels near Uvira, a key border city connecting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Burundi, according to local sources.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States accused Rwanda on Friday of violating a U.S.-brokered peace agreement by backing a deadly new rebel offensive in the mineral-rich eastern Congo, and warned that ...

The Netherlands has cut aid to Rwanda in retaliation for that country’s alleged support of rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, one day after the United States said it would reduce ...

Aug 20 (Reuters) - The AFC/M23 rebel alliance ⁠in ⁠Democratic Republic of Congo, which ⁠has highlighted its ability to tackle the spread ​of Ebola in territory it controls, has said it will impose new ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are creating an autonomously governed region in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo despite ongoing efforts by the US and Qatar to get the group to withdraw, United Nations ...