M23 rebels Stories
The DRC is currently facing one of the most acute humanitarian emergencies in the world, with food insecurity on the rise and 5.9 million Congolese cu...
Rwanda dismissed these allegations as hastily released and lacking credible investigation, claiming they were designed to promote a predetermined narr...
According to M23, the allegations were neither new nor credible, having already been raised by the United Nations Human Rights offices earlier this mo...
Kinshasa insists on M23’s full withdrawal and an end to external backing, while the rebels demand political and security guarantees before disarming,...
Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi emphasized that a presidential nomination does not in...
According to the Regional Congolese Army spokesperson, Lieutenant Elongo Kyondwa Marx, ADF rebels, armed with machetes and other weapons, attacked the...
The standoff follows years of failed negotiations in eastern Congo, where mistrust between the rebels and the government has repeatedly stalled talks.
Against this backdrop, the Congolese government warned that Nairobi's announcement risked conferring legitimacy on an "ongoing illegal occupation."
The action comes amid a humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC, where M23 rebels and other armed groups have displaced millions.
Most returns have taken place in the volatile east, with over two million people going back to their villages in North Kivu province and more than 600...
M23 argued that the claim of massacres targeting farmers in these areas defies logic, pointing to a lack of proper verification in the UN’s findings.
After decades of exile, Congolese refugees cautiously return home -- only to find their villages changed, their land gone. But hope persists amid the...
The Parliament said “these utterances contrast sharply with the constructive spirit” demonstrated at the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of La F...
AUC Chairperson Mahamoud Ali Youssouf praised President Ruto and Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa for their leadership, saying their dedication reflects a growing...
The meeting, held in the Washington DC, included observers from the United States, Qatar, the Republic of Togo (serving as the African Union facilitat...
M23's advancement likewise triggered mass displacements, with residents reportedly fleeing before the attack. Two groups of displaced people have been...
According to the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), the official death toll from the...
Joseph Kabila, who did not attend the hearing, is facing multiple charges, including treason, murder, rape, torture, participation in an insurrectioni...
The recent truce between the Congolese government and the M23 rebel group — along with an earlier DRC-Rwanda peace deal — was expected to usher in new...
The agreement signed last week laid out several principles for the two parties to follow to allow resumption of normalcy by ending fighting in Eastern...
The agreement lays important groundwork towards a comprehensive peace deal aimed at resolving the conflict in eastern DRC.
The signing ceremony, attended by representatives from both sides, took place in Qatar following months of Qatari mediation after talks began in April...
There is no simple recipe for a good peace agreement, but research shows that four elements are important: a serious commitment from the parties, prec...
Reports indicate that Tshisekedi signed the agreement with Blackwater in December 2024, officially to protect key mining sites in Katanga and Kivu ric...
Further, the coalition decried that DRC's military actions amount to a blatant dismissal of ongoing diplomatic efforts, warning that such moves threat...
Speaking to journalists in Kigali, Kagame reaffirmed Rwanda's commitment to the agreement, which was brokered by the administration of US President Do...
On June 27, the DRC and Rwanda signed a landmark peace agreement in the United States, sparking hopes of ending years of armed conflict and humanitari...
Amnesty International's Secretary-General Agnès Callamard said the deal, inked in Washington, DC, on June 27, lacks provisions aimed at prosecuting th...
While Kinshasa projected diplomacy, Goma staged defiance. M23's Corneille Nangaa and the Alliance Fleuve Congo/M23 marked the day by planting a symbol...
