The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s armed forces have accused the M23/AFC rebels of undermining recent peace efforts, warning that renewed clashes threaten to derail fragile negotiations underway in Doha, Qatar, claiming it has taken the necessary steps to respond to these provocations. The M23 movement, largely composed of Congolese Tutsis, re-emerged in 2021 after […]
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Despite the order for a ceasefire aimed at facilitating the Doha peace talks between the government forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and various armed groups, heavy fighting has persisted in South Kivu. Since June 18, 2025, clashes have intensified between M23/AFC rebels and the Wazalendo militia, particularly in Kabare, Kalehe, and Walungu […]
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All over wartorn parts of Africa, displaced women are often exposed to many kinds of sexual violence. But a particularly patterned form of SGBV is the one done to women when they venture into forests to gather firewood either for domestic use or for sale. Regardless of the varied backgrounds and contexts surrounding the conflicts […]
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Rwanda should “use its influence” on the M23 rebel movement and fully support attempts to find peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said. He called for Rwanda to persuade the rebels to comply with an order to withdraw their forces from the eastern regions, […]
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Belgium has called on Rwanda to stop all assistance to the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a UN investigation revealed responsibility for a massacre in November. The rebel group was said to have killed 131 civilians between Nov. 29 and 30 in Kishishe and Bambo, located in the North Kivu […]
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The March 23 (M23) rebel movement, currently occupying large swaths of territory in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, says it is ready to “disengage” in compliance with an order given by regional leaders last month if they are included in talks on peace in the region. The rebels previously made a statement suggesting they […]
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International sanctions should be placed on the perpetrators of a massacre in a village in North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a human rights group says. Scores of people were killed in the village of Kisheshe, in the Bwito chiefdom of Rutshuru territory, around 100 kms from Goma the chief town of […]
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The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has said “it is out of the question” for it to discuss with M23 rebels as long as they do not withdraw from zones they occupy in the country. “The conditions are known: you withdraw from localities occupied and at that time, we see how to integrate […]
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Over a quarter of a million people have been displaced in Rutshuru territory since the beginning of clashes between the M23 rebels and the Democratic Republic of Congo army, FARDC, in March this year. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), 262,000 people have fled their homes. Of those […]
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Former Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta has called on the M23 rebels to stop fighting before any dialogue with the Democratic Republic of Congo authorities. “Stop fighting, then we will talk. We cannot dialogue then cease hostilities after. Let us stop the war and then dialogue”, Kenyatta, the designated facilitator of the Congolese peace process, said […]
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There are over 110,000 people living in villages currently under the occupation of the March 23 (M23) rebels in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says. Some 110,128 people are at risk of being subjected to violence, including torture, forced recruitment, looting of houses and shops, […]
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Fighting resumed for the fourth day between soldiers of the Democratic Republic of Congo national army, FARDC, and rebels of the March 23 (M23) movement in Ntamugenga in Bweza tribal group of Rutshuru territory in North Kivu. According to the spokesperson of the Sokola 2 operational sector in North Kivu, Lt.-Colonel Njike Kaiko Guillaume, the […]
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