Rwanda-backed rebels bed down in Congo's Goma and push south for further gains
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels asserted their control over east Congo's largest city Goma on Thursday by calling on residents to resume normal life, even as the group clashed with Congolese troops as they tried to take more territory.
The fall of Goma heralds more bloodshed in eastern Congo
The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has escalated a crisis whose origins go back decades.
South Africa, Rwanda
Four more South African soldiers have been killed in fighting with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the ...
South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in eastern Congo fighting have exposed an ...
The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country.
In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...
Congolese nationals in Durban voice their frustration over the ongoing conflict in the DRC, blaming external influences and calling for action from the international community ...
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has fiercely criticized fellow leaders in the East African Community (EAC), terming the bloc's approach to the crisis in Eastern DRC as disjointed and ineffective.
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