Members of the M23 movement stand at the gate of the local ... the streets empty out. “We stay up all night. Bandits can break into our homes at any moment,” said Jean Bosco, a Bukavu resident ...

Every morning the Congolese city of Bukavu, now under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 movement, counts its dead. Corpses are discovered at dawn, lying in the steep streets of the capital of ...

Bukavu, controlled by the M23, faces nightly killings and widespread fear as Congolese troops fled, leaving weapons accessible to criminals. The absence of courts and police exacerbates the ...

Territories under M23 control no longer have courts or prisons and hardly any police at all. Bukavu's two million or so inhabitants can enjoy some level of normalcy during the day -- but when it gets ...