The resurgence of the M23 (March 23 movement) rebel group has once again drawn global attention to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The humanitarian crisis—millions displaced ...

Rebel group M23 levies taxes on mining in the DRC. It generates income of about $800 000 in revenue per month. In Rubaya, the M23 has set up its own administration. Mine shafts snake under the eastern ...

Amnesty International raised concerns on Tuesday regarding the ongoing human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Since the Rwandan-backed rebel group, M23, captured the city of ...

The Group Kabido has been active in eastern DRC for decades, and fighting with the army for the last three years. Its leaders announced this weekend that it is officially joining the M23 to fight ...

The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels will hold talks next week, mediator Angola has announced. A statement from President Joao Lourenco’s ...

The M23 rebels took control of the North Kivu mining town a day after Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame called for an ‘immediate and unconditional’ ceasefire. Here is a map and breakdown of the M23’s ...

The UN body demanded that the M23 immediately cease all hostile actions in and withdraw from the occupied territories of the DRC. The UN Human Rights Council decided to establish a fact-finding ...

Eastern DRC is facing a violent armed conflict with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who occupy significant parts of the country. DRC is rich in vital minerals, including coltan and cobalt ...

Despite the recent attempts to broker a ceasefire, the M23 last week took control of the mining hub of Walikale, the farthest west the group has advanced into the interior of the DRC since 2012.

Two explosions in the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday killed at least 11 people and injured around 65. The blasts occurred at a meeting of leaders of the ...

At least 11 people were killed and scores injured Thursday when explosions in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu struck a rally held by leaders of the M23 rebel group, which took control of the city ...

M23, a Congolese Tutsi-led paramilitary rebel group believed to be backed by Rwanda, has abducted 130 patients from two hospitals in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to a ...