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.

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 Advance Into Eastern Congo's 2nd Major City of Bukavu ... from Bukavu, which is the capital of South Kivu province. Government officials and civil society leaders did not ...