The March 23 Movement (M23) have dismissed accusations against them of raiding hospitals in Goma city, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. On Monday, Vivian Van De Perre, the Deputy Special Representative for Protection and Operations in United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) released a report […]
The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) has taken custody of Brigadier-General Ezechiel Gakwerere, a senior intelligence chief of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and a fugitive wanted for genocide crimes. The handover was carried out by the Alliance Fleuve Congo/March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) at the Grande Barrière border post in Rubavu district, […]
Several explosions killed at least 11 people and injured 65 others on Thursday in Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), shortly after a political rally in support of the rebel March 23 Movement (M23). The latest casualties were confirmed by Corneille Nangaa, the political leader of the Congo River Alliance, a […]
President Yoweri Museveni has said it is not true that the Ugandan army UPDF has deployed troops in Eastern Congo to help the Congo government fight the M-23 rebels. STATEMENT IN FULL I need to clarify one misinformation I saw on Al-Jazeera TV, the other night. There was an item that said that Uganda had […]
Fourteen bodies of South African soldiers who were killed while in battle alongside Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers and coalition forces in Goma city North Kivu province have been repatriated through Rwanda and Uganda. The soldiers were killed during fierce fighting two weeks ago as they fought to stop the March […]
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi has been warned to pack and get going when the going is still good as his foes, the M23 rebels are swearing to take the capital of Kinshasa any moment. This was contained in a press briefing addressed by rebel commander Cornellie Nangaa and M23 […]
Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, French and US’s Embassies in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were on Tuesday looted and set ablaze. The attack on the Embassies on Tuesday came after the M23 captured Goma, the largest city in Eastern DR Congo on Monday. Footage circulating on social media shows rioters carrying furniture from the above […]
Fighting between March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers is raging in Masisi territory has started hours after the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) started to withdraw from North Kivu province. On Sunday, the first batch of Kenyan troops in North Kivu exited. About 300 troops boarded […]