gang-raping their fellow inmates. And this wasn’t even in the eastern part of the country, highlighting that the oppression of women is systemic and widespread. ALSO READ: M23 are no terrorists ...

The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...

Hundreds of dead bodies collected in under a monthAlarming increase in rapes and other sexual violence in North and South KivuOn one night, over 130 people were abducted from Goma hospitals by M23 ...

Prosecutors in the United States have charged powerful Haitian gang leader Johnson Andre, known as Izo, with taking a U.S. citizen hostage in Haiti, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's ...

Fighting has escalated in the mineral-rich region since the rebel coalition Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), of which the ...

M23 seized Walikale this week Government hopes announcement will be translated into action Rebels pulled out of direct talks with government due to sanctions March 22 (Reuters) - Rwanda-backed M23 ...

Congolese soldiers near the city of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, in January, shortly before the M23 militia captured the city. The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic ...

(Reuters) – Rwanda-backed M23 rebels staging an offensive in east Congo said on Saturday they would withdraw forces from the seized town of Walikale in support of peace efforts, having ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have pushed deeper into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), capturing the town of Walikale despite growing international calls for a ceasefire. The rebels ...

M23 rebels staging an offensive in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will withdraw their forces from the town of Walikale, which they took control of this week, in support of ...