Rwanda-backed rebels push into a mineral-rich town in Congo despite ceasefire calls
Rwanda-backed rebels battling Congo’s army have pushed into a strategic, mineral-rich town in the east, ignoring calls for a ...
Congo rebels dismiss ceasefire calls, capture strategic town
The leader of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo said on Thursday that a call by Kinshasa and Kigali for an immediate ...
Wealth and Warfare Empower a Rwanda-Backed Militant Group in Congo
The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
EWN19h
Ramaphosa on DRC conflict: 'There is light at the end of this tunnel'
President Ramaphosa said that the SADC-East African community was working on securing a permanent ceasefire and getting ...
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M23 rebels enter another eastern Congo town, defying calls for ceasefire
The town of about 15,000 people sits about 125 km (80 miles) northwest of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city ...
AllAfrica5d
Congo-Kinshasa: After the Fall of Goma and Bukavu, Where Is DR Congo's M23 War Headed?
M23 rebels handed over captured FDLR fighters to Rwandan authorities in Goma, DR Congo. The FDLR is a DR Congo-based militia ...
Agence France-Presse on MSN2d
M23 remain in eastern DR Congo town despite announcing withdrawal
The M23 armed group on Sunday remained in the town of Walikale which it recently captured in eastern Democratic Republic of ...
Al Jazeera on MSN5d
M23 rebels capture key town of Walikale in eastern DR Congo
M23 seizes mining hub, with rebel alliance leader saying call for a ceasefire from DRC and Rwanda ‘doesn’t concern us’.
Congo rebel leader says sanctions, any minerals deal with the US won't stop fighting in the east
The leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in eastern Congo says international sanctions and the planned minerals ...
The Africa Report6d
M23 takes Walikale in DRC, defying ceasefire: The shifting front line of the rebel offensive
The M23 rebels took control of the North Kivu mining town a day after Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame called for an ...
Rwanda welcomes M23 rebels' withdrawal from eastern Congo's town of Walikale
Rwanda welcomed the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group's decision to withdraw from Walikale town, which it seized earlier in ...
The Straits Times5d
Congo rebels dismiss ceasefire calls, capture strategic town
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - The leader of Rwandan-backed M23 ... deeper into Congolese territory by capturing the strategic town of Walikale. Walikale is the farthest west the rebels ...