The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a major city in eastern Congo.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels launching an offensive in east Congo abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in the city of Goma last week, the United Nations said on Monday. M23 fighters raided CBCA Ndosho Hospital and Heal Africa Hospital during the night of February 28,

At least 130 sick and wounded men have been abducted from two hospitals in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DR Congo) eastern city of Goma by M23 rebels, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) reported on Monday.

DR Congo's prime minister tells the BBC her government will not sit down with the militants.

Explosions at a rally held by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu killed 11 people and wounded 65 others, Corneille Nangaa, head of the rebel alliance that includes M23,

More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo

M23 rebels have stormed hospitals in Congo, abducting patients in a move that has left the world in shock and disbelief.