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 MSN2d
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 Times11d
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 ...
BBC24d
What's the fighting in DR Congo all about?
The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...
U.S. News & World Report13d
Blasts at M23 Rally in Eastern Congo Kill 11, Wound 65, Rebel Leader Says
Blasts at M23 Rally in Eastern Congo Kill 11, Wound 65, Rebel Leader Says (Reuters) - Explosions at a rally held by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu killed 11 ...
U.S. News & World Report23d
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 ...