The AFC/M23 movement handed over more than 5,000 soldiers of the Congolese army (FARDC) captured on different battlefronts. The rebel group’s spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka on Sunday said the handover ...
Since the M23 rebels and Rwandan soldiers launched a large-scale offensive in the key eastern DRC city of Goma on 23 January, the Congolese army (FARDC) and its partners have struggled to halt their ...
A new investigation reveals how private contractors, drone operators and foreign advisers joined the campaign to defend the ...
Erik Prince, the founder of the private military company Blackwater, is negotiating a new $65 million contract (approx. Rwf95.8 billion) with the Congolese government to provide DR Congo’s military ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fall of Bukavu, which was barely defended by the Congolese armed forces (FARDC), gives the M23 total control of Lake KivuJean ...
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the relocation process for army members released by the AFC/M23 rebel group appears to be at a standstill, according to French radio RFI. On March 8, the ...
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The AFC/M23 movement has asked Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and their allied militias present in and around Uvira city to lay down their arms "immediately and unconditionally." This follows rebel ...
Key Takeaway: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), M23, and Rwanda will likely remain involved with Qatari-brokered negotiations and the broader US-backed regional peace framework without ...
NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta, the East African Community (EAC) facilitator in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and his counterpart President Felix Tshisekedi have revealed ...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has contested claims by the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) rebellion that its forces in DR Congo conducted "a series of joint military operations" in ...