KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — After Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took control of the biggest city in eastern Congo this week, the man who emerged from the shadows to assert his leadership was not the group’s ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Hundreds of men and women sat in rows in a wooden hall listening to the leader of Congo’s M23 rebellion at the end of a two-week re-education programme. The rebel ...

After a hike through highland forests, I snuck into eastern Congo and spent a week inside M23 territory, transiting its control area, visiting the frontlines, and interviewing prisoners. What I saw ...

(Reuters) - Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting little resistance from government troops, witnesses and the armed ...

FILE - M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo and Rwanda -backed rebel group M23 on Saturday signed a framework agreement for a peace deal to end decades-long fighting in eastern Congo, but tensions between the two sides ...

Event: The M23 NSAG claimed to have captured Goma, the capital of North Kivu province and strategic hub for eastern DRC, on 26 January Significance: Goma is the largest city in eastern DRC and is the ...

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GOMA, Congo — Congo and Rwanda -backed rebel group M23 on Saturday signed a framework agreement for a peace deal, the latest step in the so far unsuccessful efforts to end the decades-long conflict in ...