Global Voices Online19h
Eastern DRC: Civilian victims of renewed tensions between government and rebels
The city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has fallen into the hands of M23 rebels. Civilians are the ...
Radio France Internationale1d
Rwandan-backed M23 gains in eastern DRC spark UN warnings and regional fears
As Rwandan-backed M23 fighters continue to make significant advances in eastern DRC, having captured the cities of Goma and ...
AFP on MSN1d
M23 advances deeper in east DRC as Congolese troops flee
The M23 is now moving towards the town of Uvira near the Burundi border on the northwestern tip of Lake Tanganyika, the main ...
M23 rebels ‘execute’ children in assault on major DRC city
M23 rebels shot dead three children when they stormed into the city of Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
New Vision on MSN4d
UN accuses M23 of committing 'summary executions' of children in DRC
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has summarily executed children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations ...
AFP on MSN2d
M23 fighters press locals into east DRC city clean-up
GOMA - Gun-toting M23 fighters on Thursday watched on as requisitioned locals cleaned up streets in the eastern DR Congo city ...
Hosted on MSN22m
Rwanda responds to EU summons, calls for ceasefire and action against DRC-backed FDLR
The Rwandan government has responded to summons by the EU following its stance on the escalating violence in the DRC.
Al Jazeera English10d
As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?
M23 had declared a ceasefire only days earlier, but resumed attacks this week. For years, Rwanda has been accused by the United Nations, the DRC and other countries of funding and supplying M23 ...
The Africa Report1d
East Congo: After taking Bukavu, where next for M23? Uvira
Rebels from the M23, backed by the Rwandan army, continue to advance in South Kivu drawing closer to the Burundian border, where troops sent by President Évariste Ndayishimiye have gradually retreated ...
The Observer4h
DRC: rebels suspend govt services in captured Bukavu city
Movement (M23) rebels have issued a temporary suspension of services for state employees and officials in the captured city of Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In a statement ...