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Tag: M23 rebels
Foreign fighters from Europe hired to protect DRC’s resource-rich east from M23 rebels
Retired military officers from Europe are protecting the highly-prized resource-rich North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from falling to Rwandan-backed M23 ... Read More
M23 captures new DRC town on border with Uganda
M23 rebels have entered the town of Kamandi Gîte near the border with Uganda, in yet a new set back for the Democratic Republic of ... Read More
M23 Rebels capture strategic town in Eastern Congo
The M23 rebel group has seized control of Kalembe town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, marking a significant expansion of their territorial control after ... Read More
M23 rebels take DRC town near border with Uganda
Majority-tutsi armed group, M23 rebels, captured Ishasha, a border town in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo near Uganda, dealing a blow to a fragile ... Read More
UN report accuses Rwandan, Ugandan troops of fighting with M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo
As many as 4,000 Rwandan soldiers were reportedly fighting battles alongside the M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with Kigali exercising significant ... Read More
M23 rebels take control of key town in eastern DRC
The Tutsi-led rebels, known as M23, took control of Kanyabayonga, a strategic town in the east of the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo, where ... Read More
Deadly bomb attacks on displacement camps in east DRC blamed on Rwanda’s army, M23 rebels
Rwanda has denied accusations leveled against it by the Congolese and US governments, alleging that its forces and M23 rebel group attacked a displaced people's ... Read More
EU’s ‘blood’ minerals deal with Rwanda in spotlight as M23 rebels seize key mining town in DRC
The M23 rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda has seized a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) known for producing a ... Read More
DRC: clashes between M23 rebels, govt forces intensify in country’s east
Conflict between one of eastern Congo’s most active rebel groups and the government armed forces is intensifying in the country’s Masisi territory, which has prompted ... Read More
DRC hopes to leverage SADC regional forces to push back M23 rebels
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is reportedly hoping soldiers from the 10-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) will help it regain ... Read More