Crime has increased in eastern DR Congo's two major cities which were recently seized by the Rwanda-backed M23, the UN's humanitarian agency said Monday, although life is beginning to return to normal.

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the DRC told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday,

Three children were executed by the Rwanda-backed M23 after they donned weapons and uniforms abandoned by the Congolese army in the eastern city of Bukavu, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday ().

The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the looting of thousands of tonnes of relief supplies in the city of Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels swept in at the weekend,

The capture of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under the M23's control since the latest insurgency started in 2022 and deal a further blow to Kinshasa's authority in the east.

Local authorities and civil society leaders confirmed 2,500 prisoners escaped and there was widespread looting after M23 took Bukavu, DRC.

Three children were executed by the Rwanda-backed M23 after they donned weapons and uniforms abandoned by the Congolese army in the eastern city of Bukavu, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday,

The U.N. Human Rights Council has launched a commission that will investigate atrocities committed by both sides.

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Children Were Executed by M23 in Congo's Bukavu, UN Says GENEVA (Reuters) - Three children were executed by the Rwanda-backed M23 after they donned weapons and uniforms abandoned by the Congolese ...