Rebel fighters and Rwandan troops are accused of committing atrocities after capturing the DR Congo city of Uvira in December ...

Killings, Sexual Violence, and Abductions by the M23 and Rwandan Forces in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo,” documents ...

Human Rights Watch says M23 rebels and Rwandan forces carried out a brutal month-long occupation of Uvira in eastern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Congolese Red Cross members bury in a mass grave the body bags containing the remains of victims killed in the recent clashes ...

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M23 rebels gather in the eastern Congo town of Sake, some 27 kms west of Goma, Thursday Nov. 29, 2012.

Felix Tshisekedi of Congo had long said his country would not negotiate with the Rwanda-backed militia, making the joint agreement a rare bright spot in the conflict. By Ruth Maclean The Democratic ...

Analysts fear violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could escalate, reminiscent of Second Congo War (1998-2003), ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels have signed a declaration of principles for a permanent ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ethnic tensions and quest for rich minerals have resulted in ...

Over 7,000 dead. Hundreds raped. Displaced people’s camps flattened. City centers looted. Prisons set ablaze. Businesses bankrupted. Nearly 5 million people on the move. The latest conflict in the ...

GOMA, Congo — Congolese authorities have accused Rwanda's army and the M23 rebel group it backs of murdering dozens, kidnapping thousands more and committing rape, torture and looting in the war-torn ...