March 23 Movement - Wikipedia
The March 23 Movement (French: Mouvement du 23 mars), often abbreviated as M23 and also known as the Congolese Revolutionary Army (Armée révolutionnaire du Congo), [9] is a Congolese Tutsi-led rebel military group. [10] Based in the eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it operates mainly in the province of North Kivu, which borders both Uganda and Rwanda, and is backed by ...
Could a rebellion in eastern Congo widen into a regional war?
1 day ago · KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in even more countries, analysts warn, and two neighboring nations with the most involvement in the mineral-rich area might be the key to stopping the violence.. The M23 rebels ' capture of the city of Goma last month and their reported advance on another ...
March 23 Movement | Leader, Funding, Rebels, AFC, & Congo
5 days ago · Rwanda has been documented supporting M23 by providing weapons, supplies, and advanced military technology. Rwanda Defence Force troops have also been reported to fight alongside M23 in the DRC, despite Rwanda’s denials.
Sultani Makenga: The M23 leader whose career charts the turmoil …
2 days ago · M23 chief Sultani Makenga, wanted for war crimes, has fought as a rebel and a soldier in two countries. ... Rwanda had sought to crush the Hutu militiamen who were responsible for the genocide but ...
Rwanda’s evolving stature ensures muted global pressure as M23 …
Jan 30, 2025 · The Rwanda-backed M23 group is one of about 100 armed factions vying for a foothold in eastern Congo in one of Africa’s longest conflicts, displacing 4.5 million people and creating what the U.N. called “one of the most protracted, complex, serious humanitarian crises on …
Why Are Congo and Rwanda on the Brink of War?
Jan 28, 2025 · According to the United Nations and the United States, M23 is directed and supported by Rwanda; the U.N. says Rwanda has sent thousands of its troops into Congo. Some 500,000 people fled...
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim capture of Goma, Congo’s …
Jan 27, 2025 · The U.N. Security Council condemned the M23 advances in a statement late Sunday and urged the rebels to withdraw from the territory they’d claimed. The M23 has made significant territorial gains along Congo’s border with Rwanda in recent weeks, after months of regional attempts to make peace failed. On Sunday night, the rebels called on ...
Rwanda-DRC: Have M23 rebels taken over key city of Goma, and …
Jan 27, 2025 · In 2012, M23 first seized Goma, but the Congolese army, supported by a UN force, pushed the rebels back into the eastern hills on the border with Rwanda in 2013. However, the DRC faced a ...
M23: Four things you should know about the rebel group’s …
Nov 23, 2022 · Formed 10 years ago, the Rwanda-backed Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) soon made its first mark when it briefly occupied Goma, a city of 1 million today. An African-led effort resulted in...
DR Congo crisis: What roles are Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda …
4 days ago · The case that Rwanda is supporting the M23 offensive is based on evidence presented in a UN report and broadly accepted by many African and Western governments, who have demanded that Kagame ...