M23 fighters Stories

South Africa's military reinforces besieged DRC mission
Reuters  |  Feb 10, 2025

South Africa is believed to have around 3,000 troops deployed in Congo, both as part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission and a Southern African regional fo...

Dozens of runaway Congo soldiers face trial on violence charges
Reuters  |  Feb 03, 2025

M23 fighters, Congolese soldiers and pro-government militias were all implicated, the U.N. human rights office found.

Human rights violations surge in DRC as M23 forces push toward Bukavu
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 01, 2025

The United Nations Human Rights Council has also documented a disturbing rise in summary executions, with 12 people reported to have been killed by M2...

Congo's army and Burundian allies slow M23 rebel's southern march
Reuters  |  Jan 31, 2025

At the packed football stadium in Bukavu on Thursday, authorities sought to recruit civilian volunteers to defend the city as the crowd chanted "Free...

South Africa, Rwanda in efforts to de-escalate tensions days after presidential spat
Mwangi Maina  |  Jan 31, 2025

In an apparent damage-control effort, South African Minister of International Relations Ronald Lamola engaged his Rwandan counterpart, Olivier Nduhung...

UN chief speaks with DRC, Rwanda leaders over eastern Congo violence
Reuters  |  Jan 28, 2025

M23 rebels marched into eastern Congo's largest city Goma on Monday in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict for more than a decade.

MONUSCO-brokered ceasefire fails to hold as fighting rages on in eastern DRC ahead of peace talks
Mary Wambui  |  Jan 28, 2025

By last night, three MONUSCO peacekeepers had died in 48 hours in the line of fire between the forces allied to the local army FARDC and the M23 rebel...

DRC's ex-election chief turned rebel boss builds insurgency
Reuters  |  Jan 27, 2025

While it is hard to gauge the extent of the support for Nangaa's Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), which sees the M23 rebels as their military wing, U.N. e...

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