Rebels leave families devastated in wake of DR Congo advance
11 hours ago · The BBC meets residents of Goma following the rebel takeover and those being forced by the M23 to leave camps. ... of an overcrowded hospital in Goma city in the east of the Democratic Republic of ...
March 23 Movement | Leader, Funding, Rebels, AFC, & Congo
2 days ago · March 23 Movement (M23), rebel group primarily based in North Kivu, a mineral-rich province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is one of many armed groups in the conflict-ridden eastern DRC that have been fighting against other armed groups as well as the DRC’s army, the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du ...
M23 Rebels in Congo Say They Have Entered Bukavu
2 days ago · Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.
March 23 Movement - Wikipedia
Based in the eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it operates mainly in the province of North Kivu, which borders both Uganda and Rwanda, and is backed by Rwanda. The M23 was formed in 2012 and first saw action during its first rebellion against the Congolese government that led to the displacement of large numbers of people.
DR Congo conflict: What is the fighting in Goma about? - BBC
3 days ago · After a rapid advance in the east, fighters from the M23 rebel group have captured a number of key cities and towns. Their first major coup was at the end of January with the taking of Goma – a...
Democratic Republic of Congo: What's happening and why are M23 …
Jan 29, 2025 · M23, which refers to a March 23, 2009, accord that ended a previous Tutsi-led revolt in eastern Congo, is the latest group of ethnic Tutsi-led insurgents to take up arms against Congolese...
M23 rebels backed by Rwanda capture Goma. What is happening …
Jan 31, 2025 · Smoke rises from the French embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, after it was attacked when people protested against the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels’ advances into eastern Congos capital Goma.
What to know about the fighting in DR Congo : NPR
Jan 31, 2025 · GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — On Monday, M23 rebels backed by Rwandan troops entered the city of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. They have now taken control of...
As M23 rebel group advances in Congo, a new leader signals a …
M23 forcing local alliances in Congo. Unlike in 2012, when the M23 took Goma in a campaign led by Kinyarwanda-speaking fighters pushing mainly for their full integration into the Congolese army, “this time it has a national agenda,” the Crisis Group think tank said of …
DR Congo violence: Panic in Goma as M23 rebels advance - BBC
Feb 11, 2024 · Rebels from the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 movement are blocking the two main roads into Goma from the north and the west and preventing produce from getting through.