Tag Archives: M23

KINSHASA, DR Congo  | Xinhua | Uncertainty and a humanitarian crisis loom in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), despite an extended truce until Aug. 3 between the DRC military and the Movement of March 23 (M23) rebellion, which controls nearly 100 villages in the eastern North Kivu …

Rutshuru, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States (US) Government has slapped sanctions on Bertrand Bisimwa, President of the March 23 and Congo River/ Alliance Fleuve (River) Congo (AFC) coordinator, Corneille Nangaa Yobeluo for declaring war against the Democratic Republic of Congo government. In a statement released on Thursday, by …

RUTSHURU, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | About 25 Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers attached to Northern Front operations were on Wednesday evening sentenced to death after pleading guilty of fleeing from the enemy. The soldiers were arrested following the recent swift advance of the March 23 Movement …

Why Congolese leaders should be wary of US and UN involvement in their country’s affairs THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | We begin from where we stopped in this column last week. Staff at the U.S. embassy in Kampala deliberately distorted my discussions with them regarding M23 rebels. They claimed I …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bertrand Bisimwa, the president of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, has appointed Willy Manzi Ngarambe as the coordinator in charge of the Diaspora, with Jackson Muheto and John Muhire serving as deputies. Ngarambe, who claims refugee status in Canada as a Tutsi from …

North Kivu, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) has lifted a curfew imposed in areas under its control in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. M23 imposed a curfew in areas of Rutshuru, Masisi, and Nyiragongo which it controls in October 2023. Most targeted areas were …

New enemy with 40,000 fighters rises Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Army is once again locked in a propaganda war of words with armed fighters in the DR Congo who claim it is siding with rebels fighting the Kinshasa government. This time those accusing the UPDF call …

GOMA, DR Congo | Xinhua | Several injuries were reported Friday after two explosive devices fell on a primary school in Mugunga, a peripheral district of Goma, the capital of the North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a Xinhua correspondent saw on site. The …

Rutshuru, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Fierce fighting between the March 23 Movement (M23) and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), militia coalition under their umbrella Wazalendo (Patriots), and troops under Southern African Development Community (SADC) troops have continued in Mweso town, North Kivu province. On Thursday, …

North Kivu, DRC| THE INDEPENDENT |  The March 23 Movement (M23) has claimed the capture of Mushaki town in Masisi territory, North Kivu province following intense fighting with Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers and militia coalition under their umbrella Wazalendo (patriots). The fighting started on Thursday …