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DR Congo general says only war can end M23 rebellion
Reuters (Reuters) – A Congolese government army commander said on Thursday only war could end a rebellion in the east by Tutsi-led insurgents as the rebels prepared to withdraw from the border city of...
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Southern Africa pledges 4,000 troops for DR Congo peace force
Reuters (Reuters) – Southern African nations pledged on Saturday to provide 4,000 troops for a neutral force to be deployed in eastern Congo where rebels have waged an eight month-long rebellion, the...
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Dr Congo – M23 rebels in east declare unilateral ceasefire
BBC M23 rebels declare unilateral ceasefire M23 made rapid gains in eastern DR Congo last year M23 rebels have declared a unilateral ceasefire ahead of a second round of peace talks with the...
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DR Congo – army says it has captured eastern towns from M23 rebels
BBC The Congolese army said it retook the two towns without fighting The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it has recaptured two eastern towns held for months by the M23 rebels. A military...
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Bosco Ntaganda: US wants swift ICC transfer from Rwanda
BBC Bosco Ntaganda has been wanted by the ICC since 2006 The US is working for a swift transfer of a Congolese war crimes suspect from its embassy in Rwanda to the International Criminal Court (ICC), a...
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DRC’s Ntaganda to appear before international court on 26 March
Reuters Ntaganda to appear in war crimes court March 26 Fugitive Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda talks on his mobile phone at his office in Goma, April 4, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Paul Harera AMSTERDAM...
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DR Congo conflict: M23′s Bisimwa reject UN force
BBC The UN-mandated force is to hunt down and “neutralise” rebel groups The main rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, M23, has rejected the UN’s decision to deploy a special attack...
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DRC – locals refuse to join M23 protest march against UN intervention brigade
IPS By Taylor Toeka Kakala M23 have conducted a number of protests against U.N. Security Council Resolution 2098, which enables an offensive combat force in the eastern DRC. Credit: William...
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DR Congo – S African peacekkepers accused of turning away refugees
News of Rwanda/allAfrica Dozens of crying children and women have been locked out of a UN base manned by South African peacekeepers outside Goma in eastern Congo, despite a barrage of shooting and...
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DR Congo army deploys against rebels in eastern areas
Congo-Brazzaville: DR Congo Deploys On M23 Frontiers BY PATSON BARAIRE The Democratic Republic of Congo government Wednesday deployed hundreds of soldiers and tanks along its frontier with M23 rebels...
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UN forces in DR Congo on high alert as M23 rebels move on Goma
UN News Service DR Congo: UN blue helmets on ‘high alert’ as M23 rebels advance towards Goma UN peacekeepers. Photo MONUSCO 15 July 2013 – United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the...
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Dr Congo government sends elite forces to fight M23 in the east
Al Jazeera Government is sending commandos to battle rebels based in the eastern city of Goma. The Democratic Republic of Conga is sending an elite unit of commandos to the country’s east to reinforce...
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DR Congo – diplomats say M23 losing and “finished, militarily”
Mail and Guardian Diplomats have told the UN Security Council that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troops have taken over most of M23′s previously held positions. The DRC’s M23 rebels have been...
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DRC – M23 declares a ceasefire after defeats
AL JAZEERA DRC’s M23 rebels declare ceasefire Rebel leader urges all fighters to immediately end hostilities as the country’s army takes over their last stronghold. 03 Nov 2013 14:06 Fighters fled to...
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DRC troops close in on last M23 bases
BBC DR Congo military attacks last areas held by M23 rebels M23 fighters have lost most of the territory they had captured Government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo are attacking the last...
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UN starts to use drones to monitor rebels in DR Congo
BBC UN starts drone surveillance in DR Congo If the drones are successful in DR Congo, they could be used elsewhere The UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo has started to deploy unarmed...
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DR Congo-Rwanda – M23 rebels said to be recruiting in Rwanda
Reuters Congo’s army accused of abuse as rebels regroup in Rwanda -U.N. experts By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS Tue Dec 17, 2013 1:01am GMT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) –...
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DR Congo army deploys against rebels in eastern areas
Congo-Brazzaville: DR Congo Deploys On M23 Frontiers BY PATSON BARAIRE The Democratic Republic of Congo government Wednesday deployed hundreds of soldiers and tanks along its frontier with M23 rebels...
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DRC – M23 declares a ceasefire after defeats
AL JAZEERA DRC’s M23 rebels declare ceasefire Rebel leader urges all fighters to immediately end hostilities as the country’s army takes over their last stronghold. 03 Nov 2013 14:06 Fighters fled to...
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DR Congo – M23 rebels feared to have entered from Uganda
Reuters By William Clowes | KINSHASA Armed fighters led by the military commander of former Congolese rebel group M23 have crossed the border into the Democratic Republic of Congo from Uganda,...
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