Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.
Children face lethal violence, rape in east Congo war
As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja ...
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UN human rights chief accuses Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern DR Congo of killing and recruiting children
Volker Türk said in a statement Tuesday that his office “confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu last week. We are also aware that children ...
The New York Times25d
In Latest Advance, Rebels in Congo Say They Have Entered a Key City
Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.
The New Times on MSN4d
What if M23’s struggle was also a feminist one?
In late January, global media reported the horrifying news of more than 150 women inmates raped by male inmates during a prison escape in DR Congo. What the media failed to mention is that this was ...
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The environmental toll of the M23 conflict in eastern DRC (Analysis)
A study found that M23 charges $10 to $30 per charcoal kiln in Virunga and taxes trucks $320 to $700 at roadblocks, while motorcycles pay 10,000 to 15,000 Congolese francs (FC) per trip ($3.50 to ...
AllAfrica on MSN6d
'Insecurity Prevails in Bukavu Where Not a Night Goes By Without Three or Four Bodies Found On the Street'
"Not a night goes by in Bukavu without finding three or four bodies on the street. Bodies also emerge from the lake," report local church sources in Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province of ...
UPI24d
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels capture key city in Democratic Republic of Congo
creating an interim power vacuum exploited to the maximum by gangs of people who looted shops and warehouses. "We're there, we're there in Bukavu," M23 spokesman Willy Ngoma told the paper by ...
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At least 11 dead and scores injured in Congo after blasts at M23 rebel leaders’ rally, rebels say
BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — At least 11 people were killed and scores injured Thursday when explosions in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu struck a rally held by leaders of the M23 rebel group ...
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DR Congo’s M23 rebels enter centre of strategic city Bukavu
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), during a rapid advance in the region, the governor of South Kivu ...
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Rebels leave families devastated in wake of DR Congo advance
The BBC meets residents of Goma following the rebel takeover and those being forced by the M23 to leave camps.