Top United Nations officials in Africa warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that the offensive of Rwanda-backed rebels in mineral-rich eastern Congo is threatening peace in the wider region.

The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged dialogue between warring parties in eastern Congo on Saturday at an African Union summit, hours after Rwanda-backed M23 entered the northern suburbs of the provincial capital Bukavu.

Rwanda-backed rebels appeared to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo, residents said Tuesday, as international pressure rose over the M23's expansion in a mineral-rich region that's critical for global technology.

The U.N. human rights chief has accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid

Volker Turk says his office has ‘confirmed’ cases of rebels killing and recruiting children in eastern DRC. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Tuesday accused Rwanda-backed rebels, who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,

To make up the shortfall, entrepreneurial refugees in the camps I visited have become energy suppliers by establishing shops, phone charging stations, even cinemas. While visiting camps administered by the UN Refugee Agency in Rwanda,

The seizure of major cities in eastern Congo by the M23 rebel group in recent weeks and statements by key parties show that “the risk of a regional conflagration is more real today than ever before,” said Huang Xia,

Rwanda-backed rebels appeared to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo, frightened residents said Tuesday, as international pressure rose over the M23’s

United Nations special envoy to Congo, Bintou Keita, called for an immediate cease fire and an end to hostilities "without conditions" by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo