Tag: M23
Attack of M23 and Rwanda in Goma in the DRC: concern about the international community
The attack on the M23 and its Rwandan allies on Goma caused two emergency meetings of the United Nations Security Council and meetings of African and European countries. The UN,…
What is the M23, this armed group that entered the city of Goma? – L’Express
The shots still resonate this Tuesday, January 28 in certain districts of Goma. The M23 fighters and more than 3,500 Rwandan soldiers, according to the UN, entered this big city…
DRC: shots heard in Goma besieged by the M23
Shots were heard as far as the city center of the capital of North Kivu, surrounded by the M23 and Rwandan soldiers. On Sunday, the Secretary General of the United…
the M23 seizes a strategic locality in the territory of Masisi
While the fighting between the Congolese army, supported by local armed groups called wazalendo, and the M23, supported by Rwanda, has continued to intensify since the aborted summit in Luanda…
violent fighting between the army and the M23 in the territory of Masisi
Violent clashes pitted M23 rebels supported by Rwanda against the Congolese Armed Forces, supported by local armed groups, on Thursday, January 2, in eastern DRC. Of great intensity, they took…
13 soldiers sentenced to death in Butembo for “fleeing from the enemy” during fighting with the M23
In the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, at least 13 soldiers from the Congolese army engaged on the front lines against the M23 rebels were sentenced to death…
clashes between the army and the Wazalendo militias leave around ten dead
In the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, at least seven civilians were killed and four others injured in clashes between elements of the Congolese army and a Wazalendo…
fighting continues for control of Lubero and regains pacified areas
In eastern DRC, the war continues to pit the M23 rebels – supported by neighboring Rwanda – against the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – supported…
President Tshisekedi on lightning visit to Burundi after the failure of the Luanda negotiations
This Sunday, December 22, 2024, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi paid a lightning visit to Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye, one of his main allies in the region. The visit was prepared…
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…