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

The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has entered a new and more destabilizing stage. A call for a pause ...

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

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 ...

Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Bantu Holomisa says the withdrawal of South African troops in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is not motivated by fear of ...

The M23 also claimed that following the FARDC coalition's defeat, they retreated in disarray, abandoning the city of Bukavu after engaging in looting and other abuses. "We urge the people of ...

The questions of who is funding militias that are freely roaming the Democratic Republic of Congo remain, while Rwanda is being accused of backing the M23 rebel group. The DRC government has been ...

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 ...

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 ...