GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have carried out dozens of summary executions, raped scores of women and recruited men and boys by force while receiving support from neighbouring Rwanda, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
The accusations from the rights campaigner came as the Tutsi-dominated insurgents clashed with government forces on Monday just a few kilometres from Goma, the largest city in Congo's mineral-rich but violence-plagued eastern borderlands.
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