By Sonia Rolley PARIS (Reuters) -Rwanda-backed M23 rebels killed at least 319 civilians, including 48 women and 19 children, last month in eastern Congo, Volker Turk, U.N. high commissioner for human ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has not received an invitation to peace talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

At least 319 people were killed by M23 rebels, allegedly backed by Rwanda, in eastern Congo, over the last month, according ...

Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebel group pledged to sign a peace agreement by August 18, at a ceremony in Doha on Saturday, a sign of progress even as outstanding details need to be ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -The M23 insurgents who routed Congo’s army to take control of the eastern part of one of Africa’s most populous nations now face a task as mundane ...

Although M23 withdrew from the key town of Walikale this month, the militia has captured other villages and repeatedly clashed with fighters allied with Congo’s Army, known as Wazalendo.

M23 staged a lightning advance earlier this year in eastern Congo, taking control of more land than ever before in North and South Kivu provinces. In a new statement dated Friday, Twangiza Mining ...

With Congo and neighboring Rwanda – which backs M23 – due to draft a peace deal this week, Mr. Nangaa insists they do not intend to overthrow the national government.

M23 had been pushing for the release of its members held by Congo’s military, many of them facing the death sentence. Congo had requested the withdrawal of the rebels from seized territories.

M23 is one of about 100 armed groups that have been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda, in a conflict that has created one of the world’s most ...

M23 also had sent a delegation to Luanda, the group's spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka said on the X platform Monday. The conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January when the Rwanda-backed rebels ...

UN rights chief Volker Turk says the violence resulted in ‘one of the largest documented death tolls’ despite a truce.