creating an interim power vacuum exploited to the maximum by gangs of people who looted shops and warehouses. "We're there, we're there in Bukavu," M23 spokesman Willy Ngoma told the paper by phone.

As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja ...

In late January, global media reported the horrifying news of more than 150 women inmates raped by male inmates during a prison escape in DR Congo. What the media failed to mention is that this was ...

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The M23 portray themselves as freedom fighters ... of abuses by the rebels who they accuse of indiscriminate shelling, gang rape and summary executions. They level the same accusations at the ...

Gang rapes of young girls have been reported ... and has also called on the U.N. to investigate violations it blames on M23 rebels and Rwanda. Rwanda has rejected any responsibility.

And after the M23 gained ground and captured key cities ... There have even been reports of sexual violence (rapes, gang rapes, etc.), targeted killings and killings based on language and ethnic ...

Gang rapes of young girls have been reported in both Goma and ... Even as fighting continues in North and South Kivu provinces, M23 has vowed to restore order in Goma and Bukavu, re-opening ports and ...

M23 seized Goma, the biggest city in eastern ... citing risks from armed gangs to civil aviation. Middle Eastcategory Entire families killed during Syria's military crackdown, UN says 5:40 PM ...

I don't know if they were M23 or FARDC," she said ... My team is also currently verifying multiple allegations of rape, gang rape and sexual slavery, throughout the conflict zones," said Volker ...