Congo calls an emergency UN Human Rights Council meeting, demanding an urgent investigation of violations it says have been committed by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.

The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety.

the UN said on Friday, also expressing concerns over executions it learned were carried out by the rebels following a major escalation of their years-long rebellion. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric ...

Rwanda-backed rebels are quickly expanding their presence in eastern DR Congo after capturing Goma, the region's major city, ...

The U.N. says Rwanda-backed rebels are expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing the region’s major city.

A lightning advance in Congo's mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion's illegal mining ... coltan-rich Rubaya area in April, UN experts found. Congo is the world's ...

Rebel groups plague the region and have given rise to the world's largest (and most expensive) United Nations peacekeeping ... conflict in recent years; the M23 rebellion alone has displaced ...

The rebels were now about 60 kilometers (37 miles) from South Kivu's provincial capital of Buakavu and "seem to be moving quite fast,” UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said at a press ...