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 ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

Previous attempts to mediate between Congo and M23, including by Angola and Kenya, have stalled, with both sides pulling out of scheduled negotiations at the last minute. This week’s talks in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The call comes after M23 rebels have already seized Goma, ... The Office is in the process of verifying reports of 52 women being raped (including gang raped) by Congolese troops in South Kivu.

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.

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

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 ...