On January 27, M23 rebels, a group synonymous with the March 23 Movement claimed that they had taken over Goma, on the ...

Goma, a city of 1.5 million in Eastern Congo, has fallen to the M23 rebels, openly backed by Rwanda. Foreign governments are ...

Economic Freedom Fighters' (EFF) Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has called on South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and Rwandan ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has not known peace, stability and sanity, sustainable economic and socio-political ...

Shifting calculations by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risk triggering another war in the Great Lakes Region, underscoring importance of African mediators and global partners acting quickly to stem ...

M23 also has roots in the rebel movements sponsored by Rwanda and Uganda during the First Congo War (1996-1997) against Mobutu Sese Seko, and the Second Congo War against Laurent Kabila (1998-2003).

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter) Ndlozi stressed the potential horrors of the war, chilling comparisons to the Second Congo War that left over 5 million people dead. “There is absolutely ...

Past experience with the integration of armed groups raises concerns about potential competition for resources and ...

After a brief truce, a Second Congo War (1998-2003) erupted, drawing in African nations including Rwanda, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe and Namibia. These two Congo wars, sometimes dubbed “Africa’s ...

During those two wars, nine African nations and some 20 armed groups fought each other, with the Second Congo War in particular considered to be one of the deadliest conflicts in history.