The Latest Breaking News from M23

Congolese authorities and a civil society group say they found mass graves in an area of eastern Congo that the M23 rebel group has recently withdrawn from, as fighting in the region escalates despite a U.S. mediated peace deal

A key border post between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi has reopened after more than two months of closure following an offensive by AFC/M23 rebels. More than 10,000 people crossed on the first day alone, according to local authorities.

A spokesperson for the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels fighting in eastern Congo has been killed in a drone strike

A study says IHL is at ‘critical breaking point’ amid horrendous violations in Gaza, Sudan and elsewhere. But to declare its demise would be premature

A minerals-for-security deal between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a constitutional challenge in Kinshasa, with critics warning the government may be underselling the country’s vast mineral wealth. The partnership was praised by US President Donald Trump during a visit to Washington last week by…

A landslide last week killed at least 200 people in eastern Congo at a rebel-controlled coltan mine and families of the deceased are mourning their lost loved ones

A landslide last week collapsed tunnels at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, leaving at least 200 people dead

Thousands who fled the advance of M23 rebels now face the threat of disease and shortages in Burundi’s overcrowded refugee camps

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said on Sunday it feared “at least 200 people” had been killed in a “massive” landslide at a militia-controlled mine in the country’s east earlier this week.

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At least 200 people were killed in a landslide at coltan mines in eastern Congo, according to rebel authorities