Rwanda-backed rebels say they've captured Congo city of Goma 04:38. Geneva — The United Nations on Friday voiced alarm at rampant violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the M23 ...

The M23 militia continues to be on a rampage in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... 27, was gang-raped by eight men while tending crops. Women have been brutally attacked, ...

A deal signed in Washington has been touted as a major step toward peace in Congo following decades of conflict that has ...

In an incredible development, the president celebrated a peace deal between the two nations, which could end the decades-long ...

Feb. 17 (UPI) --M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo captured the eastern city of Bukavu with the backing of ...

The cause is said to be due to the ongoing conflict between government forces and the M23 rebel group, which has seen ...

M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have committed serious abuses against civilians, “including torture, killings and enforced disappearances”, in areas under ...

The M23 armed rebel group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC in an offensive that has left thousands dead and displaced vast numbers. ... Gang rape, slavery.

Well trained and professionally armed, M23 is the latest in a long line of Rwandan-supported, Tutsi-led rebel movements to emerge in Congo's volatile eastern borderlands in the wake of two ...

Police say they received nearly 100 calls in just a few days from women identifying the two suspects in Olorato Mongale's ...

Joseph Kabila was accused of supporting the Rwanda-backed militia M23. Days later he arrived in Goma, a city held by the militia, so he remains out of prosecutors’ reach.

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 ...