Tag: M23
dismissal of General Christian Tshiwewe Songesha as head of the Armed Forces General Staff
Changes at the head of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). Félix Tshisekedi made a series of appointments in a context of increasing violence in the…
the M23 seizes the town of Matembe in Lubero
In the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, M23 rebels supported by Rwanda took control on Sunday of the town of Matembe, more than 150 kilometers north of Goma…
fighting resumes on the eastern front and continues on the northern front
Fighting resumed on Saturday December 7 and Sunday December 8 in Saké, a town located about thirty kilometers from Goma, one of the main cities in eastern DRC. Clashes there…
EAC heads of state call for merger of peace processes
This Saturday, East African heads of state gathered in Arusha, Tanzania for the EAC summit. A special summit organized to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the regional organization, but with…
what does the document adopted by Kinshasa and Kigali consist of?
The DRC and Rwanda adopted an important document last week for the continuation of the peace process in eastern DRC. For three years, we have witnessed in this region a…
journalists, targets of attacks and looting, in North Kivu, ask for protection
In the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a group of journalists who fled the advance of the M23 rebels, living in Goma, denounce the repetitive attacks against…
a hospital in North Kivu, a refuge for families fleeing the fighting, calls for help
More than 3,000 households have found refuge at the Pinga general hospital, in the territory of Walikale, the scene of new offensives launched by the M23, a rebellion supported by…
the M23 regains control of the town of Kalembe, in the east of the country
The M23 rebels, supported by Rwanda, seized again on Wednesday October 23 the town of Kalembe, in North Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Sunday,…
new offensive between rebel forces and “Wazalendo” militias in North Kivu
Troops of the Congo River Alliance (AFC), the rebel coalition to which the M23 belongs, have launched a new offensive in North Kivu, a region already plagued by chronic instability.…
Félix Tshisekedi announces continued cooperation with Uganda in the fight against the ADF
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Félix Tshisekedi announced, on Saturday October 12, the continuation of military cooperation between the Congolese army and the Ugandan army in the fight…