A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode
A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...
Responsible Statecraft on MSN5d
M23 & Rwanda are trying to redraw the map and it's all about to blow
Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...
The New York Times14d
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
Map locates Goma, Bukavu ... On the other side of the conflict is M23, a militia with decades of experience in eastern Congo and backed by as many as 4,000 well-armed, well-trained Rwandan ...
U.S. News & World Report26d
Burundi Troops Withdraw in Eastern Congo as M23 Rebels Expand Reach, Sources Say
Burundi Troops Withdraw in Eastern Congo as M23 Rebels Expand Reach, Sources Say (Reuters) -Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting ...
WLWT29d
Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern Congo's 2nd major city of Bukavu, residents say
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo entered the region’s second-largest city of Bukavu on Friday, local and civil society leaders said, the latest ground gained since a major escalation of ...
Reuters26d
Burundi troops withdraw in eastern Congo as M23 rebels expand reach, sources say
Burundi denies withdrawing troops from Congo amid M23 rebel conflict U.N. accuses M23 of executing children in eastern Congo Over 10,000 Congolese refugees crossed into Burundi Burundian troops ...