Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...

By Fergus O’Leary SimpsonJoel MasselinkLara Collart The resurgence of the M23 (March 23 movement) rebel group has once again ...

"We now have confirmed reports from Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of summary executions of children at the hands of M23," said Ambassador Shea.

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

M23 had declared a ceasefire only days earlier, but resumed attacks this week. For years, Rwanda has been accused by the United Nations, the DRC and other countries of funding and supplying M23 ...

M23 rebels have set up their own administration and tax collection in the fertile, mineral-rich eastern territories seized in their recent operations, using the funds to support their war effort. The ...

UN experts say Rwanda effectively controls M23 and has at least 4,000 troops fighting alongside it. The DRC government accuses Rwanda of "expansionist ambitions" and says it is stealing vast ...

The DRC government has repeatedly accused Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebel group, a claim that Rwanda denies. Kigali, in turn, alleges that Kinshasa collaborates with the Democratic Forces for ...

UN Human Rights Office expressed grave concerns on Monday concerning attacks on hospitals and abductions of patients by the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 during the ongoing armed conflicts in the ...

[Photo/Xinhua] LUANDA - Angola's presidency said on Tuesday it will contact the M23 rebels to facilitate direct negotiations with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government to pursue ...