Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Sandile Swana, a political and governance analyst in South Africa, said that the DRC’s reliance on mercenaries and foreign armies to defeat M23 made the prospects of a peace breakthrough harder.

A study found that M23 charges $10 to $30 per charcoal kiln in Virunga and taxes trucks $320 to $700 at roadblocks, while motorcycles pay 10,000 to 15,000 Congolese francs (FC) per trip ($3.50 to ...

Advertisement M23 got started in 2012, was then defeated by Congo's military and the U.N. Force Intervention Brigade and re-emerged in 2021 with Rwandan Defense Force support. "M23's actions have ...

When M23 attacked in 2012, international condemnation led Rwanda to withdraw support for the armed group, and it was eventually defeated.

Kigali soon caved, signing a peace treaty with the DRC. M23 was soon defeated by a FARDC and U.N. offensive, leading to its retreat into Uganda and Rwanda and surrender in late 2013. Relations ...

Defeated soldiers from the Southern Africa Development Community’s (SADC) peace mission were seen leaving Goma by road without their equipment or uniforms.

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) ...

M23 rebels, in the latest of a string of uprisings ... which dispatched thousands of its troops to try to defeat the rebellion. The position of Uganda, officially in Congo to help the government ...

When M23 attacked in 2012, international condemnation led Rwanda to withdraw support for the armed group, and it was eventually defeated. This time, there has been widespread criticism ...