Rwanda-backed rebels committed possible war crimes in eastern Congo, rights group says

Human rights group Amnesty International accused the M23 rebels in eastern Congo of killing, torturing and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in two rebel-controlled cities on Tuesday. “These acts violate international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes,” Amnesty said in a statement. The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma in North Kivu province, followed by Bukavu in February.