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No retreat by M23 rebels from eastern DRC on deadline

March 30 was supposed to mark end of withdrawal of "all armed groups" — around 120 — according to timetable adopted in mid-February by Community of East African States regional force.

UN finds mass graves of civilians in 'gruesome' DRC discovery

Graves containing at least 49 bodies found in northeastern Ituri province, near Uganda border, after attacks blamed on CODECO militants, says UN.

CODECO militia 'kills' civilians, 'burns' over 300 homes in DRC

Notorious militia storms Mbidjo area in northeastern Ituri province, killing at least 17 villagers and burning hundreds of homes, officials and residents say.

More than a dozen people dead in eastern DRC violence

Attacks by militias across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo leave over a dozen people dead since Friday, including six miners who were decapitated by CODECO group rebels, officials say.

Zaire militia blamed for new massacre in DRC's volatile east

Notorious Zaire militants attack village in Ituri province – where they often fight CODECO militia over gold mines control – killing 22 civilians and wounding 16 others, officials say.

DRC 'rebels' rape woman, force her to eat human flesh twice

The woman was kidnapped twice by rebels, repeatedly raped and forced to cook and eat human flesh, rights campaigner Julienne Lusenge tells UNSC in shocking testimony of conflict crimes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Scores of displaced people killed by militia in Congo

Fighters from the CODECO group arrived at a displaced persons camp in the northeast of the country and killed at least 60 people.

Civilians among dozens killed in DRC fighting

At least 12 civilians and 38 rebels have died in four days of fighting in the country's northeast, where the army is battling the Allied Democratic Forces and an ethnic-based militia called CODECO.

Militants launch deadly attack on displaced people's camp in eastern DRC

Vast majority of over 100 victims who died in militia attacks were civilians, says a US-based monitoring group.

Scores of soldiers and militiamen killed in DR Congo clashes

Deadly clashes took place in the country's northeast following an attack on militiamen who attacked an army post and burned more than 20 houses.

Dozens killed in rebel attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

A government-led military operation against various rebel groups in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused hundreds of thousands to flee the region, amid a mounting death toll on both sides.

DRC conflicts leave some 1,300 civilians dead, half a million displaced

Death toll in the east of the vast country soared in recent weeks, the UN says, as conflicts in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces spread, "with disastrous repercussions for the civilian population."