M23, and Makenga, have been accused of war crimes including forced recruitment of child soldiers, massacres, rapes and attacks on civilians in eastern DRC. Meanwhile, Rwandan forces have been ...

Amnesty International says torture, killings and enforced disappearances have taken place in areas under rebel control.

UN experts say Rwanda effectively controls M23 and has at least 4,000 troops fighting alongside it. The DRC government accuses ... child and forced recruitment, intimidation and death threats ...

recruitment of children, and attacks directed at civilians. According to Bintou Keita, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in the DRC, the occupation of North Kivu by M23 rebels has ...

Several of the DRC’s nine ... also gambled on the recruitment of local militia, nicknamed “wazalendo” or “patriots” in Swahili. Poorly equipped and lacking in discipline, they have not been able to ...

Leaders of the M23 rebel group, including Nangaa, were meeting residents when the explosions occurred in the central part of Bukavu. Video and photos shared on social media showed a crowd fleeing ...

The New York-based Human Rights Watch said in 2023, “the M23 armed group has committed summary executions and forced recruitment of civilians in eastern DRC.” ...

M23 fighters have swept through the eastern DRC, seizing key cities and killing about 7,000 people. There have also been reports of sexual abuse of children and recruitment of minors as soldiers.

According to Misona, since Mar. 19, when the M23 took control of Walikale’s territory and its capital, there have been constant clashes with the DRC army and its allied militias until the rebels ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Thursday detailing incidents of civilian atrocities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid ongoing military confrontations involving ...