The U.N. children’s fund is accusing armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of ...

M23 rebels shot dead three children when they stormed into the city of Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations has said. The Rwanda-backed group captured the eastern ...

BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in ...

Missiles are flying above civilians' homes as fighters fire heavy artillery in Goma's city centre, an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) spokesperson tells the BBC. "It is a very densely ...

Rights groups have accused the rebels, as well as Congolese ... the rape of 36 women and girls and forcible recruitment by M23 fighters in Goma and surrounding areas. M23 denied the charges.

With the support of thousands of troops from neighboring Rwanda, the M23 rebels first took Goma last month before marching to Bukavu this weekend in an unprecedented advance since they took up ...

Read full article: ‘This situation was very unfortunate:’ Family of boy who assaulted 12-year-old girl speaks ... said the rebel advance was a “declaration of war." The M23 rebels announced ...

(Reuters) – Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting little resistance from government troops, witnesses and the ...