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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday said its troops had ...

Download logoCongolese army units backed armed groups implicated in serious abuses in the recent conflict with M23 rebel forces in eastern Democratic

Congolese army units backed armed groups implicated in serious abuses in the recent conflict with M23 rebel forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said today.

Since the beginning of the new school year, schools in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are marred by ongoing rebel conflicts, with classrooms squatted by displaced refugees to flee war and seek sanctuary.

New school year in NE DRC marred by massive displacement of rebel conflicts-

Feature: New school year in NE DRC marred by massive displacement of rebel conflicts-

Behind the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s nationalist rhetoric lie big profits for global energy giants, and hurt for poor Congolese.

His visit to Rwanda, DRC and South Africa comes on the heels of a leaked report by a UN team of experts that Rwanda had funded M23.

The claims in the unpublished report also accuse the Congolese army of providing support for armed groups in the eastern DRC.

There is 'solid evidence' Rwandan troops have been fighting alongside the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and providing it with weapons and support, United Nations representatives say.