Rwanda’s evolving stature ensures muted global pressure as M23 …
1 day ago · The Rwanda-backed M23 group is one of about 100 armed factions vying for a foothold in eastern Congo in one of Africa’s longest conflicts, displacing 4.5 million people and creating what the U.N. called “one of the most protracted, complex, serious humanitarian crises on …
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take …
1 day ago · The chaotic situation with the M23 has its roots in ethnic conflict, stretching back decades to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, when 800,000 Tutsis and others were killed by Hutus and former militias. M23 says it is defending ethnic Tutsis in Congo. Rwanda has claimed the Tutsis are being persecuted by Hutus and others involved in the genocide.
Why Are Congo and Rwanda on the Brink of War?
3 days ago · M23 is under the military command of Sultani Makenga, a Congolese rebel who fought in Rwanda in the 1990s, joined the Congolese Army in the 2000s and then defected to join M23 in 2012.
The evidence that shows Rwanda is backing rebels in DR Congo
3 days ago · Rwanda's ally Uganda, unhappy about another rebel group in DR Congo that threatens its security, has also been accused of helping the M23 - with its officers also spotted at Tchanzu.
Rwanda-backed M23 strengthens its control over DRC’s Goma
2 days ago · Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have tightened their grip on Goma, the biggest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), signalling a major blow to the Congolese army and a serious ...
Rwanda-DRC: Have M23 rebels taken over key city of Goma, and …
4 days ago · In 2012, M23 first seized Goma, but the Congolese army, supported by a UN force, pushed the rebels back into the eastern hills on the border with Rwanda in 2013. However, the DRC faced a ...
Rebels Backed by Rwanda Announce Capture of Key City in …
4 days ago · The M23 militia, funded and directed by Rwanda, said it had seized the city of Goma, terrifying its people, many of whom sought shelter there after fleeing the rebel advance.
March 23 Movement - Wikipedia
The March 23 Movement (French: Mouvement du 23 mars), often abbreviated as M23 and also known as the Congolese Revolutionary Army (Armée révolutionnaire du Congo), [9] is a Congolese Tutsi-led, Rwandan-backed rebel military group. [10]
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi vows 'vigorous' response to M23 …
1 day ago · The M23 have been been advancing to other areas after their offensive in Goma Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has vowed to restore government authority in the east, where Rwanda-backed M23 ...
Congo fighting: Rise of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels harder to …
3 days ago · Well trained and professionally armed, M23 is the latest in a long line of Tutsi-led rebel movements to emerge in Congo's volatile eastern borderlands in the wake of two successive wars stemming ...
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