Rwanda, M23 and DR Congo

DRC foreign minister accuses Rwanda of illegal occupation amid M23 conflict
The Democratic Republic of Congo's foreign minister on Friday accused Rwanda of illegally occupying part of its territory, after the M23 rebel group captured the eastern Congolese city of Goma.
Rwanda-backed M23 advances towards second DR Congo regional capital
The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo on Friday, a day after pledging to take the capital Kinshasa and as international criticism mounted.
Rwanda illegally occupying DR Congo, minister tells BBC
Rwanda is illegally occupying the Democratic Republic of Congo and attempting to orchestrate regime change, the country's foreign minister has told the BBC. Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner said the world had allowed Rwandan President Paul Kagame decades of impunity and failure to hold him accountable for violating international law.
Rwanda’s stealth occupation of eastern Congo
M23 rebels on patrol in Goma, eastern Congo, which has reserves of minerals that are needed by the world’s electronics giants © AFP/ Rwanda’s stealth occupation of eastern Congo on x (opens in a new w
Rwanda-backed fighters advance in DR Congo
Rwanda-backed fighters advanced on a second front in their offensive across eastern DR Congo on Wednesday after seizing control of most of the key city of Goma during heavy fighting
Why Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo are harder to stop this time
STORY: Congo's M23 rebels appear to have consolidated control over a devastated Goma.It is the second time the Rwandan-backed rebels have entered eastern Congo's largest city.But last time, in 2012, they soon withdrew and were defeated the following year.
France tells Rwanda to 'immediately' leave DR Congo
France's Foreign Ministry said that Congo's territorial integrity was "not negotiable" after Rwanda- backed M23 rebels took the eastern city of Goma. France on Thursday called on Rwandan forces and Kigali- backed M23 rebels to withdraw from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Congo's army and Burundian allies slow M23 rebel's southern march
(Reuters) -Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by ...
Rwanda’s evolving stature ensures muted global pressure as M23 advances in eastern Congo
In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...
M23 rebels expand their control in east Congo as Rwanda’s Kagame joins calls for ceasefire
Much of the beleagured city of Goma was calm early Wednesday morning, after a day during which thousands of fleeing people ...
Rwanda's Kagame defiant on criticism of east Congo offensive; rebels push south
By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame blasted ...
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FACTSHEET: A short history of the conflict in the DRC and M23
M23 formed in 2012 when Tutsi soldiers broke away from the Congolese Army saying promises made to them in the 2009 agreement had not been kept.
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Kagame threatens SA as SANDF forces remain beleaguered in DRC and peace efforts falter
The bloody war between South African and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the past week has ...
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Bring M23 to the table, Kagame tells EAC leaders
Kagame says militias backed by the DRC, including Rwandan genocidaires FDLR, were ...