Scenes of panic broke out in the city of Goma and the Nyiragongo territory on Tuesday, after rumors of forced recruitment by ...

Classes started again on Thursday in some of Goma's schools, the day after panic broke out following a rumor alleging the “forced recruitment” of pupils by M23 rebels. Student Irenge Habamungu ...

The M23 has launched a recruitment campaign in the area, hoping to draw in people to help it overthrow the government in the DRC's capital Kinshasa - some 1 500km to the west. "Where are the young ...

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.

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new chapter in this long-standing conundrum started in 2022 when the government decided to form an alliance with armed groups to fight their common enemy, the M23 and its Rwandan backers.