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Turk said in a statement on Tuesday that his office “confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu last week. We are also aware that children were ...

On Sunday, M23 rebels captured the city of 1.3 million people after it was abandoned by Congolese forces. Bukavu lies 101 kilometers south of Goma, which was captured by the rebels in late January.

Feb. 17 (UPI) --M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo captured the eastern city of Bukavu with the backing of Rwandan forces, the second major city in the mineral-rich Kivu region to fall ...

The Congo River Alliance, a group of rebel outfits including M23, said in a statement its fighters "decided to assist the population of Bukavu" in addressing its security challenges under the "old ...

GOMA - Gun-toting M23 fighters on Thursday watched on as requisitioned locals cleaned up streets in the eastern DR Congo city of Bukavu seized by the Rwanda-backed group. The M23 took control of ...

It was barely defended by the Congolese armed forces . The fall of the city of one million people gives the M23 total control of Lake Kivu, following its capture of Goma, capital of neighbouring ...

The Congolese government said rebels were in Bukavu and accused Rwandan troops of also entering the city. It stopped short of saying the city was fully under M23's control. "Rwanda is stubbornly ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels were seen in the centre of eastern Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, on Sunday, said a local official, a security source and five eyewitnesses, as a spokesperson for ...

Burundi denies withdrawing troops from Congo amid M23 rebel conflict U.N. accuses M23 of executing children in eastern Congo Over 10,000 Congolese refugees crossed into Burundi Burundian troops ...

The AFC/M23 rebel movement in eastern DR Congo has called for direct peace talks with the Congolese government after seizing control of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu Province,… Read more » ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting little resistance from government troops ...