The Latest Breaking News from M23

Hunger threatens Congo's Goma after fighting cuts supply routes

Sitting in the dirt, Valerie Kahindo picks spoiled kernels from a sack of maize - the only job the farmer can find in the eastern Congolese city of Goma after rebel fighters seized her fields and forced her to flee without her family.

Reuters · Dec 19, 2022

'Tired of this war': Congolese cope with M23 rebel violence

Communities in eastern Congo are struggling to survive in the wake of a massacre in which at least 130 were killed by M23 rebels in what the United Nations called “unspeakable violence” against civilians

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

US asks Rwanda to make troops, rebel forces withdraw from Eastern Congo

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Rwanda to pull back its troops from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and encourage M23 rebels to do the same.

Tribune News Service · Dec 18, 2022

Fleeing DR Congo, thousands of Congolese refugees stream into Uganda

In eastern DR Congo, fighting between the M23 rebel group and the Congolese army has already forced 400,000 people to flee. Since March, more than 100,000 civilians have found refuge in Uganda. Hundreds of families arrive every week in the country, which is already home to 1.5 million refugees. Ugandan…

France 24 · Dec 9, 2022

EU sanctions Belgian trader, M23 rebel, others over DRC fighting

Eight people were added to the sanctions list, including rebels, a politician, an army member and a foreign businessman.

Al Jazeera · Dec 9, 2022

East African troops hope to bring peace in the DRC but there may be stumbling blocks

The East African Community decided to deploy troops in one of its member states for the first time in June 2022. The deployment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will test the regional body’s ability to respond to complex conflicts.

The Conversation · Dec 9, 2022

131 civilians killed by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, says UN

A new U.N. report says rebels in eastern Congo have killed at least 131 people and inflicted “unspeakable violence” against civilians

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern DRC, UN says

Victims ‘arbitrarily executed’ during a massacre in villages in North Kivu in late November, investigation has found.

Al Jazeera · Dec 8, 2022

U.N. says M23 rebels killed at least 131 in Congo reprisal killings

The M23 armed group executed at least 131 villagers in reprisal killings in east Democratic Republic of Congo late last month as part of a campaign of murder, rape, kidnapping and looting, the United Nations said on Thursday.

Reuters · Dec 8, 2022

M23 says ready to ‘withdraw’ in eastern DRC, yet clashes reported

The armed group, which was absent from peace talks, has requested meeting with regional mediators over conflict.

Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2022