Human Rights Watch has accused Rwandan military forces and the M23 armed group of carrying out widespread abuses in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The abuses included forced recruitment, ...

Rwandan military forces and the M23 armed group carried out a campaign of forced recruitment and abusive detention of thousands of captured combatants and civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of ...

UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned acts of “extreme violence” committed by the Movement du 23 Mars (M23) armed group against human rights defenders in North and South Kivu provinces of the ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Willy Ngoma, a spokesperson for the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels fighting in eastern Congo, has been killed in a drone strike, a U.N. official and a rights group said Tuesday, ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi agreed in principle to a ceasefire with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who control large swaths of the country’s east. The ceasefire, which was ...

Withdrawal to give peace talks chance of success -rebel leader U.S. had criticized seizure of Uvira town by Rwanda-backed group M23 in separate Qatar-mediated talks with Congo government Dec 16 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Uvira, CONGO — A climate of fear reigned Saturday in Uvira, a strategic city in eastern Congo, days after it fell ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered the eastern Congo town of Uvira, an important base for the Congolese army near the border with Burundi, four sources including two residents told Reuters on ...

Congo and Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Saturday signed a framework agreement for a peace deal, the latest step in the so far unsuccessful efforts to end the decades-long conflict in eastern Congo.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are expanding their territory in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo despite multiple peace agreements meant to end the fighting. Peace talks overseen by the US and Qatar ...

Aug. 20 (UPI) --Rebels from M23, a rebel group backed by Rwanda, killed at least 140 people in July in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said. The resurgence of killings of mostly ...