Tag Archives: M23

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPDENDENT | More than 100 trucks heading to Goma city in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are stuck at the Uganda-Rwanda border of Chanika in Kisoro district due to the current volatile security situation in the town. The March 23 Movement (M23) rebels …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | Tensions are running high in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group and the DRC army continues in the eastern city of Goma, while civilian protests intensify in the capital, Kinshasa. Hostilities resumed on Tuesday …

Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have announced the capture of Goma city in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The fall of Goma in the early hours of Monday morning followed fierce fighting between the rebels and the Armed Forces of …

North Kivu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) has dislodged the Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers and militia coalition under their umbrella Wazalendo (patriots) from two positions as fighting rages on Friday in Masisi territory, North Kivu province. Heavy fighting resumed on Thursday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 13 Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers were on Wednesday sentenced to death by a garrison military court for fleeing from the enemy in Lubero territory, North Kivu province.  This is after they were charged with fleeing from the enemy, violation of instructions, desertion, dissipation …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 98 Congolese police officers and their families who fled to Uganda have returned to their country. They fled to the Ugandan side of Ishasha in Kanungu district on August 3, after the town of Nyamilima in Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province fell in the hands …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 98 Congolese National Police officers who fled to the Ugandan side of Ishasha in Kanungu district have undergone security verification. The officers together with some of their families (13 mothers, 27 children and one civilian) fled to Kanungu on August 3, 2024, after the fall …

Rutshuru, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union has opposed a death sentence handed to some of the 26 leaders of the M23/Congo River (Fleavu) Alliance rebels, describing it as a contravention of the rule of law. A military court sitting in Gombe-Kinshasa on August 8, handed a death sentence …

Rutshuru, DR Congo | THE INDEPENDENT |  98 Congolese National Police (NPC) officers and more than 2,000 refugees have entered Uganda following the capture of Nyamilima town in the northern part of Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province. M23 captured the town, located about 10 kilometers to the Uganda-DR Congo border of …

KINSHASA, DR Congo | Xinhua | People in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have lately been caught up in fresh fighting pitting government troops against two rebel groups, the March 23 Movement (M23) and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). FIGHTING AGAINST ADF In Cantine, a village in …