M23 receives backing from the government of Rwanda, according to the United Nations. In response, the United States, United ...

As it continues to take territory, the Congolese rebel group M23 wants to show it is more than just an army, and that it can ...

M23 is one of about 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda, in a ...

Supra Mahumapelo praises the SANDF soldiers for their pivotal role in stabilising Goma, as they return home after a successful mission that underscores South Africa's commitment to peace in Africa ...

In an escalation of a long-running conflict rooted in the spillover of Rwanda's 1994 genocide and the struggle over Congo's vast mineral resources, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized Goma, eastern ...

In a significant development, Congolese soldiers and police officers, along with their families, are being relocated from the ...

In this particular case, the ICRC was approached by several actors – notably the DRC’s ministry of defence and veterans, ...

The soldiers were among those defeated and surrounded by M23 fighters during the fall of Goma in January 2025. While some ...

His arrival in Goma, which has become a stronghold of the M23/AFC rebels, has sparked controversy in the country.

The long-awaited transfer of defeated Congolese soldiers sheltered at a UN base in M23-controlled Goma in eastern DR Congo has begun, with up to 130 troops leaving the city this morning."The first ...

Farmers in a breadbasket town in eastern Congo who previously fled heavy fighting are facing new challenges as they return to tend fields now under rebel control, a phenomenon playing out across the ...

Hundreds of Congolese troops seeking refuge in the United Nations' base in Goma are being helped to leave the rebel-held city ...