Nairobi, Kenya – Weeks after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed control of the Congolese city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, fighters are advancing in neighbouring South Kivu despite ...

Weeks after M23 rebels seized Goma, residents are adjusting to a new reality. While some services continue, public support appears coerced as the rebels push forward.

Shell casings from automatic weapons littered the plot, leftovers from the conflict between the Congolese army and the Rwanda ...

It is not Rwanda's policies that unsettle Western powers, but Rwanda's defiance of a long-standing hierarchical relationship, ...

Uganda recently threatened to attack the Congolese city of Bunia if “all forces” there did not surrender their weapons. Uganda has also supported M23, according to U.N. experts. Without a ...

Children faced "summary execution" at the hands of Congolese rebel group M23 for donning uniforms and weapons abandoned by the country's military, the UN has said. The rebel group is spearheading ...

We are also aware that children were in possession of weapons”. He did not refer to ... violence in neighbouring countries”. The M23 rebels on Sunday captured Bukavu, the city of 1.3 million ...

Crime has increased in the region as weapons from the conflict have been left in the areaImage: Jospin Mwisha/AFP In Goma, Julien Katembo, who was appointed mayor by the M23, is overseeing ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in minerals.

"We are also aware that children were in possession of weapons," she said. She urged "Rwanda and M23 to ensure that human rights and international humanitarian law are respected". M23 fighters and ...

GENEVA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Three children were executed by the Rwanda-backed M23 after they donned weapons and uniforms abandoned by the Congolese army in the eastern city of Bukavu, the U.N ...

17 (UPI) --M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... of the rebels after youths who had got ahold of abandoned weapons sprayed the city with gunfire and engaged in looting.