Congo rebels dismiss ceasefire calls, capture strategic town
The leader of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo said on Thursday that a call by Kinshasa and Kigali for an immediate ...
Rwanda-backed rebels enter mineral-rich town in Congo, defying ceasefire calls
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels entered the strategic town of Walikale in eastern Congo late Wednesday, according to residents and ...
Congo rebel leader brushes off ceasefire call, vowing to fight on
The leader of a rebel alliance that has seized swathes of east Congo told Reuters on Thursday that insurgents were not bound ...
Wealth and Warfare Empower a Rwanda-Backed Militant Group in Congo
The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
The Africa Report6d
M23 takes Walikale in DRC, defying ceasefire: The shifting front line of the rebel offensive
M23 fighters and their Rwandan allies launched an offensive on Walikale in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, about 230km west of Goma, breaking a ceasefire agreed by Congolese ...
Newsday6d
Rwanda-backed rebels push into a mineral-rich town in Congo despite ceasefire calls
GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battling Congo’s army captured another strategic town in the country's mineral-rich east, residents and insurgents said Thursday, despite ceasefire calls ...
The New Humanitarian6d
After the fall of Goma and Bukavu, where is DR Congo’s M23 war headed?
Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC’s army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu ...
Independent Online6d
M23 fighters seize key DR Congo town despite ceasefire bid
Walikale lies at the junction of two roads coming from the cities of Goma and Bukavu ... their support for "an immediate and unconditional ceasefire", a statement from the three countries said.