The Latest Breaking News from M23

The end of one of the world’s deadliest and yet most shadowy wars is as difficult to predict as the end of the large peacekeeping force meant to contain it

The violence wrought by the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 Movement is often narrowly framed as intended to control eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s resource-rich mining sites. The rebel group launched its most recent offensive in 2021 and currently controls vast territories in the south-east of North Kivu province, surrounding and…

Years of conflict in eastern Congo have created a dire mental health crisis

An armed rebel group in Congo generates around $300,000 a month in revenue through its control of a mining area in the east of the country, the U.N. Security Council heard

Doctors Without Borders reports surge in sexual violence cases in Congo due to armed conflict, urging urgent humanitarian intervention.

Doctors Without Borders says it has treated an “unprecedented” number of victims of sexual violence in Congo last year

A leading rights group says Rwanda’s army and a militia it backs shelled camps for displaced people in eastern Congo

DRC accuses Rwanda of violating its sovereignty and territorial integrity by sending troops to help armed groups.

A regional court in East Africa is hearing a case filed by Congo against neighboring Rwanda, accusing it of violating Congo’s sovereignty and territorial integrity by sending troops to help rebels in the country’s east

The NGO Human Rights Watch has accused the Rwandan army and the M23 armed group of "indiscriminately bombing" displacement camps around Goma, the capital of North Kivu, as unrest in the eastern DRC intensifies.

Human Rights Watch alleges potential violation of international human rights law on many occasions this year