M23 insurgents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) captured two more towns and reached the airport in the provincial capital of Bukavu on Friday, raising fears of a humanitarian disaster and criminal abuse of civilians.
UNICEF, the U.N. children’s fund, said on Thursday that gunmen in eastern Congo raped hundreds of women and children during the rebel conquest of Goma, a key city that fell to Rwanda-supported M23 forces two weeks ago.
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