Eastern DRC ‘at breaking point’ as security, humanitarian crises worsen
1 year ago

Eastern DRC ‘at breaking point’ as security, humanitarian crises worsen

Al Jazeera  

UN warns of deteriorating situation as M23 rebels continue to make gains, pushing hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes. War is on the doorstep of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Goma city and the region is at breaking point, activists and aid workers have said, as the United Nations sounds an alarm over the situation in the Central African country. “One Congolese person out of four faces hunger and malnutrition,” Bintou Keita, the head of the UN’s DRC peacekeeping mission MONUSCO, told the UN Security Council this week, warning of a rapidly deteriorating security situation and a humanitarian crisis reaching near catastrophic levels. The country’s UN representative, Ernest Rwamucyo, said that “ethnic cleansing targeting Congolese Tutsi communities reached unprecedented levels”. “I don’t see this as a stabilising intervention, at most, it will postpone the issue because there is no one military solution,” said Felix Ndahinda, a researcher on conflict in the Great Lakes Region.

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‘People need a break’: DRC conflict reignites dark memories of Congo wars
2 weeks, 4 days ago

‘People need a break’: DRC conflict reignites dark memories of Congo wars

Al Jazeera  

In parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, communities are gearing up for war or fleeing to safety amid the advance of M23 rebels, who captured the key eastern cities of Goma and Bukavu in recent weeks, leaving devastation in their wake. “We are indeed seeing a replica of the Second Congo War with the same actors but in …

Rebels in eastern Congo abducted 130 hospital patients, U.N. says
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Rebels in eastern Congo abducted 130 hospital patients, U.N. says

The Hindu  

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in a major city in eastern Congo, the United Nations said Monday. On February 28, M23 fighters raided the CBCA Ndosho Hospital and Heal Africa Hospital in Goma, a strategic city they seized earlier this year, the U.N. Human Rights Office spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani, said in …

Rebels in eastern Congo abducted 130 hospital patients, UN says
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Rebels in eastern Congo abducted 130 hospital patients, UN says

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in a major city in eastern Congo, the United Nations said Monday. On Feb. 28, M23 fighters raided the CBCA Ndosho Hospital and Heal Africa Hospital in Goma, a strategic city they seized earlier this year, the U.N. Human Rights Office spokesperson, Ravina …

More pressure on Rwanda as Congo says rebel uprising has killed over 7,000 people this year
1 month, 1 week ago

More pressure on Rwanda as Congo says rebel uprising has killed over 7,000 people this year

Hindustan Times  

KINSHASA, Congo — 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, Congo's prime minister said Monday, as the European Union announced it would review an agreement with Rwanda on critical raw materials. More pressure on Rwanda as Congo says rebel uprising has killed over 7,000 people …

Over 7,000 killed in eastern DR Congo since January: PM
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1 month, 1 week ago

Over 7,000 killed in eastern DR Congo since January: PM

Raw Story  

by Robin MILLARD Violence raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed "more than 7,000 compatriots", many of them civilians, since last month, the Congolese premier said Monday. "The security situation in eastern DRC has reached alarming levels," Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, stressing that since January, "the deaths of …

More pressure on Rwanda as Congo says rebel uprising has killed over 7,000 people this year
1 month, 1 week ago

More pressure on Rwanda as Congo says rebel uprising has killed over 7,000 people this year

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — 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, Congo’s prime minister said Monday, as the European Union announced it would review an agreement with Rwanda on critical raw materials. Judith Suminwa Tuluka told the U.N. Human Rights Council that the security and humanitarian …

Fighting in eastern DRC killed about 7,000 people since January, PM says
1 month, 1 week ago

Fighting in eastern DRC killed about 7,000 people since January, PM says

Al Jazeera  

Judith Suminwa says more than 2,500 bodies buried without identification, ‘significant’ number of civilians among dead. More than 7,000 people have been killed in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo since last month, Prime Minister Judith Suminwa says, with a “significant” number of civilians among the dead. Speaking to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Switzerland …

DRC conflict: 7,000 killed since January in fighting in eastern region, prime minister says
1 month, 1 week ago

DRC conflict: 7,000 killed since January in fighting in eastern region, prime minister says

CNN  

Reuters — Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, its prime minister told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. The prime minister urged the world to act and to impose “dissuasive sanctions” amid mass displacements and summary executions. In the opening remarks at the 58th UN …

Fighting in eastern DRC killed about 7,000 people since January, PM says
1 month, 1 week ago

Fighting in eastern DRC killed about 7,000 people since January, PM says

Al Jazeera  

Judith Suminwa says more than 2,500 bodies buried without identification, ‘significant’ number of civilians among dead. More than 7,000 people have been killed in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo since last month, Prime Minister Judith Suminwa says, with a “significant” number of civilians among the dead. Speaking to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Switzerland …

More pressure on Rwanda as Congo says rebel uprising has killed over 7,000 people this year
1 month, 1 week ago

More pressure on Rwanda as Congo says rebel uprising has killed over 7,000 people this year

LA Times  

Congolese Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka talks to journalists at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva on Feb. 24, 2025. 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, the Congolese prime minister said Monday, as the European Union announced it would review an …

Congo’s president says he’ll create a unity government as violence spreads
1 month, 1 week ago

Congo’s president says he’ll create a unity government as violence spreads

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Congo’s president says he is going to launch a unity government as violence spreads across the country’s east and pressure mounts over his handling of the crisis. In some of his first statements since Rwandan-backed rebels captured major cities in eastern Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi told a meeting of the Sacred Union of the Nation ruling coalition …

M23 pushes deeper in east DRC, U.N. urges Rwanda forces to leave
1 month, 1 week ago

M23 pushes deeper in east DRC, U.N. urges Rwanda forces to leave

The Hindu  

M23 fighters advanced on several fronts in DR Congo’s volatile east Friday as the U.N. Security Council for the first time called on Rwanda to stop backing the armed group and halt the bloodshed. Friday’s unanimously adopted U.N. Security Council resolution “strongly condemns the ongoing offensive and advances of the M23 in North-Kivu and South Kivu with the support of …

Rwanda expresses solidarity with military general sanctioned by the US over violence in Congo
1 month, 1 week ago

Rwanda expresses solidarity with military general sanctioned by the US over violence in Congo

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Rwanda’s government on Friday asserted solidarity with a top official sanctioned by the U.S. over violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in an armed conflict that now threatens the Congolese government. Rwanda’s government described the sanctions against Gen. James Kabarebe, a deputy minister of foreign affairs, as “unjustified and unfounded.” Responding …

UN warns M23 advances threaten regional conflict in eastern DRC
1 month, 1 week ago

UN warns M23 advances threaten regional conflict in eastern DRC

Al Jazeera  

The M23 armed group is advancing on strategic zones in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after taking two key cities, the United Nations warned, underscoring the threat of a regional conflict. Recent weeks have seen the rapid progression of the Rwanda-backed M23, which has seized vast tracts of the eastern DRC, including Goma and Bukavu. “If our information …

US sanctions Rwanda minister over DRC fighting
1 month, 1 week ago

US sanctions Rwanda minister over DRC fighting

Al Jazeera  

Rwanda is facing international backlash for backing M23 rebels in DR Congo, an accusation it denies. The US Treasury Department on Thursday said Rwanda’s Minister of State for Regional Integration James Kabarebe was being targeted because he is “central to Rwanda’s support” for the M23 armed group. “Today’s action underscores the need for Rwanda to return to negotiations under the …

Frightened residents say Rwanda-backed rebels are advancing on a third city in eastern Congo
1 month, 1 week ago

Frightened residents say Rwanda-backed rebels are advancing on a third city in eastern Congo

The Hindu  

Rwanda-backed rebels appeared to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo, frightened residents said Tuesday, as international pressure rose over the M23's expansion in the mineral-rich region that's critical for global technology. “We’re afraid that the enemy will advance to Butembo,” said Auguste Kombi, a civil society leader in Kitsombiro, a town on the road to the …

U.N. human rights chief accuses Rwanda-backed rebels in east Congo of killing and recruiting children
1 month, 1 week ago

U.N. human rights chief accuses Rwanda-backed rebels in east Congo of killing and recruiting children

LA Times  

M23 rebels guard outside the South Kivu province administrative office, in the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, on Sunday. The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid. Volker Türk said in a statement Tuesday that his office “confirmed …

UN chief warns of conflict crisis in DR Congo as rebels seize key city
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UN chief warns of conflict crisis in DR Congo as rebels seize key city

China Daily  

A woman reacts as she receives a bouquet of flowers for the Valentine's Day in Goma, DR Congo, on Thursday. MICHEL LUNANGA/AFP ADDIS ABABA — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of escalation of conflict in South Kivu Province of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the M23 armed group advanced into the provincial capital. Speaking about the …

M23: Rebels who lost their cause
1 month, 2 weeks ago

M23: Rebels who lost their cause

The Hindu  

A militia that derives its name from a peace agreement is a paradox in itself. Taking after a failed truce deal signed on March 23, 2009, the militia, on January 27, captured the mineral-rich city of Goma in eastern Congo’s North Kivu. The group began its advance towards South Kivu province and stands at the outskirts of the capital Bukavu, …

U.N. chief warns against regional war over DR Congo at Africa summit
1 month, 2 weeks ago

U.N. chief warns against regional war over DR Congo at Africa summit

The Hindu  

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s “territorial integrity” be respected and a regional war avoided, at an African summit the day after Rwandan-backed fighters seized a second DRC provincial capital. Summit host Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, insisted on Saturday that “conflict resolution, diplomacy and peace building must remain at the heart of …

What is happening in the DRC? | Explained
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What is happening in the DRC? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo is back in the spotlight after the M23 militia, backed by eastern neighbour Rwanda, captured the mineral-rich city of Goma, which lies on the border between the two countries. While the root cause of the crisis is generally attributed to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the region has been …

As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?

Al Jazeera  

Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed. After the 1994 atrocities – during which Hutu extremists killed hundreds of thousands of mainly Tutsi people in Rwanda – many Hutus fled Kagame’s new government and settled across the border in eastern DRC. However, he said, this time: …

Rwanda-backed M23 fighters resume attacks in DR Congo after two-day pause
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rwanda-backed M23 fighters resume attacks in DR Congo after two-day pause

Al Jazeera  

The M23 rebels have resumed attacks on armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a two-day lull in fighting. Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb, who was reporting from Nairobi in Kenya, said “anxious” residents of Bukavu were waiting to find out if “M23 and its Rwandan supporters” would succeed in advancing on the city. Meanwhile, people fleeing a displacement …

A summit seeking solutions to the violent conflict in Congo is underway in Tanzania
1 month, 3 weeks ago

A summit seeking solutions to the violent conflict in Congo is underway in Tanzania

Hindustan Times  

KAMPALA, Uganda — A joint summit of leaders from eastern and southern Africa is underway in Tanzania as African governments try to find a solution to the violent conflict in eastern Congo, where rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government. A summit seeking solutions to the violent conflict in Congo is underway in Tanzania President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, …

DR Congo summit directs army chiefs to enforce ceasefire
1 month, 3 weeks ago

DR Congo summit directs army chiefs to enforce ceasefire

Al Jazeera  

The Rwanda-backed M23 is closing on the town of Kavumu in South Kivu in an offensive that has left thousands dead and displaced large numbers. A summit of African leaders to address the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo has directed army chiefs to meet within five days and “provide technical direction on an immediate and unconditional ceasefire”. The …

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are advancing on the capital city of Kinshasa
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are advancing on the capital city of Kinshasa

NPR  

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are advancing on the capital city of Kinshasa We'll look at the latest developments in the instability and violence in a region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda-backed fighters are battling Congolese troops. A rebel force backed by troops from neighboring Rwanda took control of Goma, and they are now threatening to march on the …

Rwanda-backed rebels flout ceasefire by rampaging through Congo as death toll nears 3,000 including scores of female prisoners who were raped and burned alive with their children - with international
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rwanda-backed rebels flout ceasefire by rampaging through Congo as death toll nears 3,000 including scores of female prisoners who were raped and burned alive with their children - with international

Daily Mail  

Rwandan-backed rebels appeared to violate a unilateral ceasefire they declared this week by rampaging through new parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo overnight. An international arrest warrant has been issued for Corneille Nangaa, the leader of the Congo River Alliance rebel coalition, which includes the Rwandan-backed M23 group Members of the Congolese Red Cross and volunteers bury victims of …

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels declare ceasefire in DRC
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels declare ceasefire in DRC

Al Jazeera  

The M23 armed group said it will pause its advance across DR Congo for humanitarian reasons. The group, backed by thousands of troops from neighbouring Rwanda, seized Goma, the main city in eastern DRC, last week, with the United Nations estimating 900 people were killed, while hundreds of thousands have been displaced. “The Alliance Fleuve Congo informs the public that …

Crisis in Congo: Over 900 dead, nearly 2,900 injured in Goma as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels tighten grip
Trending News
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Crisis in Congo: Over 900 dead, nearly 2,900 injured in Goma as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels tighten grip

Firstpost  

The World Health Organization said that at least 900 bodies were recovered from the streets of Goma as of last Friday following five days of fighting in which the M23 rebels took control of the city. Image- Reuters Fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at least 900 people …

Rwanda-backed M23 advances in DRC as volunteers rally to fight back
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Rwanda-backed M23 advances in DRC as volunteers rally to fight back

The Hindu  

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo, with queues of young men volunteering to defend a provincial capital on Friday. The military has yet to comment on M23's latest advances but President Felix Tshisekedi said earlier this week that a "vigorous" military response was under way. Rwandan President …

UN warns of executions, gang rape as M23 rebels expand control in eastern Congo
2 months ago

UN warns of executions, gang rape as M23 rebels expand control in eastern Congo

Firstpost  

As the M23 seeks to advance after capturing the strategic city of Goma this week, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk “calls for an end to the violence and for all parties to uphold their obligations under international human rights law”. Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group are expanding their control in eastern Congo after capturing the city of Goma, …

DRC leader vows ‘vigorous’ response as Rwanda-backed fighters advance
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2 months ago

DRC leader vows ‘vigorous’ response as Rwanda-backed fighters advance

Al Jazeera  

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s president has vowed a “vigorous” military response against Rwandan-backed fighters who have advanced further in the mineral-rich east of the country after seizing most of the region’s main city. DRC President Felix Tshisekedi, in his first remarks since M23 rebels captured much of Goma, said in a late-night address on Wednesday that a “vigorous …

Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets
2 months ago

Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets

The Hindu  

Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city, as U.N. officials reported violence, looting and bodies in the streets. Congo’s Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the protesters’ damage to embassies were “sincerely …

UN warns rebel M23 offensive in Congo could spiral into a regional war
2 months ago

UN warns rebel M23 offensive in Congo could spiral into a regional war

ABC  

The United Nations is warning violence isolated to a small part of the Democratic Republic of Congo could spread. Conflict in the country's east is nothing new, with Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 involved in fighting for the past three decades. Goma lies close to the DRC's border with Rwanda, and both the Congo's government and the United Nations peacekeeping force …

Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
2 months ago

Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know

CNN  

CNN — A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region this week, pushing back against resistance from government troops backed by regional and UN intervention forces. Veronique de Viguerie/Paris Match/Getty Images A report by the UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo, released in December, revealed …

What is happening in east Congo? And who are the M23 rebels?
2 months ago

What is happening in east Congo? And who are the M23 rebels?

The Independent  

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Residents flee Goma as M23 rebels enter DRC’s largest eastern city
2 months ago

Residents flee Goma as M23 rebels enter DRC’s largest eastern city

Al Jazeera  

Residents in Goma, the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, were fleeing on Monday after the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces as fighting escalated despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for the rebels to withdraw. Gunshots rang out across Goma overnight before dozens …

UN chief calls for Rwandan forces to leave DRC as rebels press offensive
2 months ago

UN chief calls for Rwandan forces to leave DRC as rebels press offensive

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres urges the M23 rebels to immediately cease all hostile actions as thousands of civilians flee Goma in eastern DRC. Guterres “reiterates his strongest condemnation of the M23 armed group’s ongoing offensive and advances towards Goma in North Kivu with the support of the Rwanda Defence Forces,” his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on Sunday. At an …

DRC cuts diplomatic ties with Rwanda over violence, UN calls emergency meet
2 months ago

DRC cuts diplomatic ties with Rwanda over violence, UN calls emergency meet

Al Jazeera  

The Congolese army and peacekeepers are trying to stop an M23 advance on Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is severing diplomatic ties with Rwanda and the United Nations Security Council has called an emergency meeting as the fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 armed group intensifies. At least nine peacekeepers, …

What to know about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo as rebels close in on Goma
2 months ago

What to know about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo as rebels close in on Goma

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government’s last stronghold in the region bordering Rwanda. “Studies have long highlighted the smuggling of resources” from Congo into Rwanda, said Ladd Serwat, senior Africa analyst with U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location …

East African summit urges peace in eastern Congo but its leader skips talks
4 months ago

East African summit urges peace in eastern Congo but its leader skips talks

Associated Press  

ARUSHA, Tanzania — East African heads of state made another push for peace in eastern Congo on Saturday but its prospects remained bleak following a regional summit that was marked by the Congolese president’s absence and an early departure of his Rwandan counterpart. A communique read at the end of the closed-door meeting of the East African Community in Arusha, …

Congo accuses rebel group of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in country’s east
4 months, 1 week ago

Congo accuses rebel group of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in country’s east

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Congo’s government on Tuesday accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of “ethnic cleansing” in the central African nation’s east. M23, or the March 23 Movement, is a rebel military group mainly made up of ethnic Tutsis who broke away from the Congolese army just over a decade ago. The group rose to prominence in 2012 when its …

Congo accuses rebel group of 'ethnic cleansing' in country's east
4 months, 1 week ago

Congo accuses rebel group of 'ethnic cleansing' in country's east

The Independent  

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Aid group says Congo had 25,000 victims of sexual violence last year
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Aid group says Congo had 25,000 victims of sexual violence last year

New Indian Express  

KINSHASA, Congo: Doctors Without Borders treated more than 25,000 victims of sexual violence in the Congo last year, by far the highest level it has seen there and most of it in the east where armed groups vie for power, the aid group said Monday. Eastern Congo has struggled with armed violence as more than 120 armed groups fight for …

Aid group says Congo had 25,000 victims of sexual violence last year
6 months ago

Aid group says Congo had 25,000 victims of sexual violence last year

Associated Press  

KINSHASA, Congo — Doctors Without Borders treated more than 25,000 victims of sexual violence in the Congo last year, by far the highest level it has seen there and most of it in the east where armed groups vie for power, the aid group said Monday. Eastern Congo has struggled with armed violence as more than 120 armed groups fight …

Rwanda's army and an armed group shelled displaced people camps in Congo, rights group says
6 months ago

Rwanda's army and an armed group shelled displaced people camps in Congo, rights group says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rwanda's army and a militia …

As Rwanda votes, tensions with neighbouring DR Congo deepen over M23
8 months, 2 weeks ago

As Rwanda votes, tensions with neighbouring DR Congo deepen over M23

Al Jazeera  

As Rwandans go to the polls for presidential and legislative elections, some 9.7 million people are voting in an atmosphere of peace and stability. According to the UN expert group report, 3,000 to 4,000 Rwanda Defence Force members are fighting alongside the M23 in DRC. Government spokesperson Yolanda Makolo did not outrightly deny RDF’s presence in the DRC while speaking …

At least four killed as fighting in DRC continues despite truce: Report
8 months, 2 weeks ago

At least four killed as fighting in DRC continues despite truce: Report

Al Jazeera  

The US had announced a humanitarian truce between Kinshasa and the M23 rebel group on July 5. A spokesman for one of the armed groups backing the DRC forces said the fighting occurred 70km northwest of the North Kivu provincial capital, Goma. Since the end of 2021, the M23, supported by units of the Rwandan army, had seized vast swathes …

UN experts: Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan troops are in Congo operating with the M23 rebel group
8 months, 2 weeks ago

UN experts: Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan troops are in Congo operating with the M23 rebel group

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwanda government forces are deployed in neighboring eastern Congo, operating alongside the M23 rebel group which has been making major advances, U.N. experts said in a report circulated Wednesday. The Rwandan forces’ “de facto control and direction over M23 operations also renders Rwanda liable for the actions of M23,” the panel of experts …

UN experts: Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan troops are in Congo operating with the M23 rebel group
8 months, 2 weeks ago

UN experts: Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan troops are in Congo operating with the M23 rebel group

The Independent  

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