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

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group cautiously welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese ...

At least half a million people have been displaced by the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past two ...

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

"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.

Shortly after its creation in 2012, the M23 rapidly gained territory and seized Goma – acts that were met with international opprobrium and accusations of war crimes and human rights violations. It ...

The capture of Bukavu, a city of about 2 million according to the mayor, would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under the M23's control since the latest insurgency started in 2022 ...

The fall of Bukavu represents the most significant expansion of territory under the M23’s control since this latest rebellion started in 2022. The Congolese government confirmed that rebels had ...