The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...
The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.
creating an interim power vacuum exploited to the maximum by gangs of people who looted shops and warehouses. "We're there, we're there in Bukavu," M23 spokesman Willy Ngoma told the paper by phone.
As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja ...
In late January, global media reported the horrifying news of more than 150 women inmates raped by male inmates during a prison escape in DR Congo. What the media failed to mention is that this was ...
Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.
The BBC meets residents of Goma following the rebel takeover and those being forced by the M23 to leave camps.
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), during a rapid advance in the region, the governor of South Kivu ...
Moto taxis wait for customers in downtown Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, one month after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured the city. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) ...