The M23 armed group is advancing on strategic zones in the eastern DRC after taking two key cities, Goma and Bukavu, according to the United Nations on Wednesday.

02/20/2025 February 20, 2025 The M23 has captured major towns in eastern Congo. Kinshasa accuses Rwanda of supporting the rebels, while Kigali accuses DRC of sheltering the armed FDLR, created by ...

Feb. 20 (UPI) --The U.S. Treasury Department issued sanctions Thursday against figures related to M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Treasury announced sanctions against Rwanda ...

Recent weeks have seen the rapid progression of the Rwanda-backed M23, which has seized vast tracts of the eastern DRC, including the cities of Goma and Bukavu on Lake Kivu. Residents walk next to ...

GOMA - Gun-toting M23 fighters on Thursday watched on as requisitioned locals cleaned up streets in the eastern DR Congo city of Bukavu seized by the Rwanda-backed group. The M23 took control of ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda-backed M23 fighters are marching on the eastern city of Uvira near the border with Burundi, triggering panic, with residents reporting widespread ...

Rwanda State Minister for Regional Integration, Gen James Kabarebe and the spokesman of M23 rebel group, Lawrence Kanyuka have been sanctioned by the United States government over the conflict in ...

"Our office has confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu last week," rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva.

There were severe delays on the M23 near Gatwick Airport on Wednesday (February 19) morning after a multi-vehicle crash closed all lanes on the motorway. The M23 Southbound was closed from J9 ...

M23 fighters and Rwandan troops marched largely unchecked on Friday into Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, before seizing the city on Sunday. Soldiers of the Armed forces of the ...

Picture: AFP UNITED NATIONS - The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday criticised the "inaction" of the UN Security Council in the wake of the M23 armed group seizing the city of Bukavu ...

On Sunday, M23 rebels captured the city of 1.3 million people after it was abandoned by Congolese forces. Bukavu lies 101 kilometers south of Goma, which was captured by the rebels in late January.