Bukavu, controlled by the M23, faces nightly killings and widespread fear as Congolese troops fled, leaving weapons accessible to criminals. The absence of courts and police exacerbates the ...

DOHA, April 5 (Reuters) - Congo's government and M23 rebels last week held private talks in Qatar for the first time since the rebels conducted a lightning offensive in the country's east ...

The Congo government and M23 rebels aim to hold direct talks in Doha on April 9, sources from both camps said Tuesday, a potential boost to Qatar's efforts to end the central African country's ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have pushed deeper into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), capturing the town of Walikale despite growing international calls for a ceasefire. The rebels ...

A spokesperson said the militant group had pulled out from Tuesday’s peace talks in Angola in response to sanctions on several of its leaders. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels announced on Monday ...

DRC - The Rwanda-backed M23 group said it would not attend Tuesday's peace talks with the DR Congo government in the Angolan capital Luanda following EU sanctions on some of its top brass.

The government of Congo is to meet with M23 rebels next week in Angola, in an attempt to make peace after tensions escalated between the two in January. A statement from Angolan President João ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday said it had handed over to Kigali 20 fighters from a militia founded by ethnic Hutus who took part in the Rwandan genocide.

In 2023 the Finnish Defence Forces adopted the M23, a Sako AR-10 pattern rifle, to replace the RK 95, SVD, and TKIV 85 rifles in Finnish service. In 2024 Sweden began taking delivery of the AK24 ...

M23 fighters advanced on several fronts in DR Congo’s volatile east Friday (February 22, 2025) as the U.N. Security Council for the first time called on Rwanda to stop backing the armed group ...

It was barely defended by the Congolese armed forces . The fall of the city of one million people gives the M23 total control of Lake Kivu, following its capture of Goma, capital of neighbouring ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have "occupied" a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the governor's office in Bukavu and ...