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.

Protesters have attacked missions in the capital of the African country as anger grows about the advance of the M23 rebel ...

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

Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s ...

The three-year-old M23 rebellion in DRC’s mineral-rich east has intensified this month, with the rebels seizing control of more territory, prompting the UN to warn of the risk of a broader ...

accusing it of fuelling the rebellion. At least 13 soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the DRC have been killed in clashes with M23 rebels, United Nations officials said. The leader of a ...

M23 is comprised of ethnic Tutsi-led insurgents, who launched the current rebellion against the DRC in 2022. The UN, United States and other Western powers say Rwanda has fuelled the conflict by ...

The Rwanda Defense Force reported escorting hundreds of "Romanian mercenaries" out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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 ...