Willy Ngoma, a spokesperson for the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels fighting in eastern Congo, has been killed in a drone strike. A U.N. official and a rights group said Tuesday that Ngoma was killed

Four of these drones were intercepted and shot down over the skies of Bangoka,' says Tshopo provincial minister - Anadolu Ajansı

Rwanda-backed rebels on Monday claimed responsibility for a drone attack on the airport serving Kisangani, a strategic city in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, far from active front lines in the east.

In Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo, two mass graves holding at least 172 bodies were discovered following the withdrawal of the AFC/M23 rebel group. The Congolese army and allied militias allegedly committed abuses as they re-entered.

UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned acts of “extreme violence” committed by the M23 (Movement du 23 Mars) armed group against human rights defenders in the North and South Kivu provinces