A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues experienced during those days of terror.

Cyclists, organisers and fans tell the BBC there were no security issues on the Tour du Rwanda, despite fighting across the border in DR Congo.

As violence escalates in eastern Congo, church leaders are leading a mediation effort to foster dialogue. But government opposition and regional tensions threaten to derail their push for peace.

Back in 2012, when an earlier iteration of the M23 entered Goma, stiff Western resistance proved decisive. Key donor nations, along with the World Bank, suspended $240 million in aid to Rwanda, putting a squeeze on Kigali that effectively ended the crisis ...

Rwanda said on Tuesday that Canada's position on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was "shameful", adding that measures announced by Ottawa against Kigali would not solve the conflict.

Perhaps more importantly, it contains some of the world’s largest deposits of key minerals, such as cobalt, which is necessary for the manufacture of electronics. Across a nearly impassable rainforest from the capital of Kinshasa,

Germany’s development ministry says it will suspend new financial commitments to Rwanda over that country's alleged support of the M23 rebels in neighboring eastern Congo.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday said it had handed over to Kigali 20 fighters from a militia founded by ethnic Hutus who took part

The UK said the measures on Kigali would remain in force until there ... including the main cities of Goma and Bukavu, in a conflict that has displaced about half a million people since January.

Britain on Tuesday said it would pause some bilateral aid to Rwanda and impose other diplomatic sanctions on Kigali over its role in the conflict in neighbouring Congo, a move Kigali termed "punitive".