Rwanda appears to be betting on its reputation as a key security partner and sports destination to minimize any backlash to its involvement in the war.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels appeared to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo ... this week seized another provincial capital to Goma's south, Bukavu, near ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have "occupied" a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo ... of young men cheered the rebels on to "go all the way to Kinshasa," Congo's capital, nearly 1,000 miles away.

Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, and taken control of the South ... Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi held a security meeting in the faraway ...