Violent fighting broke out Saturday between the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group and pro-Kinshasa forces in several towns around the strategic eastern DR Congo city of Uvira, local sources said.
A Rwanda-backed militia late Wednesday seized control of most of the city of Uvira, the last government stronghold in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province.
The M23’s assault comes less than a year after the anti-government armed group seized control of Goma and Bukavu, two key provincial capitals in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been plagued by conflict for three decades.
The crown jewel in the M23’s territorial expansion is the DRC’s largest coltan mine from which the group generates around $800,000 in revenue each month, according to UN experts.
Waasi wa M23 walioanzisha mashambulizi mashariki mwa Congo wamewateka nyara takriban watu 130 wagonjwa na waliojeruhiwa kutoka hospitali mbili za…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army denied Sunday that 20 fighters linked to the Rwandan genocide had been captured on…
Scores of people have fled since the fighters reached the outlying districts of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, on Friday. It was barely defended by the Congolese armed forces (FARDC
M23 fighters on Friday pushed on towards another regional capital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting shops and businesses to close and frightened civilians to flee
Mapigano makali kati ya serikali ya Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo (DRC) na kundi la wapiganaji laMarch 23 Movement (M23) yamesababisha athari mbaya kwa uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Goma
Just days after capturing the strategic city of Goma in neighbouring North Kivu, the M23 armed group had declared a unilateral humanitarian “ceasefire” to take effect from Tuesday.
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