M23 rebels are marching across eastern DRC: the interests driving players in the conflict
M23’s advances highlight Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of an escalating regionalised ...
Radio France Internationale9d
African leaders await response to call for ceasefire in eastern DRC
African leaders trying to solve the fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between the M23 armed group and ...
Defence Web2d
DRC among four African trouble spots named by Guterres at top AU meeting
The Sahel, Somalia and Sudan, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the weekend high level African ...
The Africa Report13d
DRC‑Rwanda: Rubaya coltan mine at the heart of M23 financing
Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes of the precious ...
Le Monde.fr3d
DRC: Rwanda-backed rebels seize key city of Bukavu
In a statement, the DRC government said it was following developments in Bukavu "hour-by-hour," and accused Rwanda of "plans of occupation, of pillages" in the east. The DRC claims that some 4,000 ...
Al Jazeera English6d
As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?
Nairobi, Kenya – Weeks after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed control of the Congolese city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, fighters are advancing in neighbouring South Kivu despite ...
Gold Coast Sun10d
Rwandan and Congolese leaders join summit on eastern DRC conflict
But a United Nations report said last year Rwanda had around 4,000 troops in the DRC and profited from smuggling out of the country vast amounts of gold and coltan -- a mineral vital for phones ...