A Human Rights Watch report details how the Rwanda-backed M23 group has forcibly recruited and held thousands in inhumane conditions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The group has seized significant territory amidst the region's ongoing conflict.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has forcibly recruited thousands of people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and detained them in inhumane conditions, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. The anti-government group has seized vast swathes of territory since it re-emerged in 2021 in eastern DRC, which has been plagued by conflict for over 30 years. For more, FRANCE 24’s Jean-Emile Jammine is joined by Clémentine de Montjoye, senior Great Lakes researcher at Human Rights Watch.