The group rose to prominence in 2012 when its fighters seized Goma, the capital of NorthKivu province and eastern Congo’s largest city, on the border with Rwanda. M23 is one of about 100 armed ...
In a statement issued by his Spokesperson, António Guterres noted the Rwandan-backed rebels’ reported seizure of Sake, in South Kivu, “which increases the threat” to the regional capital Goma – all of ...
In recent weeks, the armed conflict between the M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by their allies, has flared up again in the province of North Kivu and spread to the neighbouring province of ...