The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual slavery may increase.
the U.N. says Rwanda has sent thousands of its troops into Congo. Some 500,000 people fled their homes in eastern Congo as the rebels advanced on Goma, according to the U.N. refugee agency.
The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of dormancy, seizing large parts of North Kivu province before finally grabbing Goma, ...
Feb. 1, 2025 After a week of fighting, rebels backed by Rwanda have wrested almost full control over Goma, a city of two million in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Hospitals are ...
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