Kigali — The Rwanda Mines, Petroleum, and Gas Board (RMB) has announced the discovery of 13 oil wells in Lake Kivu, marking a significant step in the country's pursuit of energy resources.

After taking control of Goma, the M23 rebels – backed by Rwanda – now want to advance further into South Kivu. But as they ...

Rwanda said Wednesday it had made its first oil discovery, with confirmation of 13 reservoirs in Lake Kivu, which makes up part of its border with DR Congo. "The good news is that we have oil ...

The Congolese army acknowledged on 21 January the advance of M23 rebels in South Kivu province. Backed by Rwanda’s army, the rebels have captured a key town and are trying to isolate Goma as the ...

Claiming that his own Tutsi people are being threatened within the DRC, Mr. Kagame seeks to control resource-rich lands just across Lake Kivu from his own country in order to make its wealth his own.

The oil discovery bolsters Kigali’s ambitions to expand its presence ... Rwanda has invested in methane gas extraction from Lake Kivu, securing a $400 million deal to process the gas for various ...

Rwanda-backed fighters advanced on a second front in their lightning offensive across eastern DR Congo on Wednesday after ...

Strewn with rubble from mortar and artillery fire, the eastern DR Congo city of Goma awoke on Thursday to a new abnormal -- ...

More than 4,400 inmates escaped from Munzenze Central Prison in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in eastern DR Congo, on Monday, January 27, after M23 rebel group captured the city.