Responsible Statecraft on MSN5d
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 ...
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 ...
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.
The Conversation28d
M23 rebels are marching across eastern DRC: the interests driving players in the conflict
It is generally accepted by analysts that this pressure – such as a US$240 million aid cut by a variety of donors – played a key role in ending the 2012-2013 M23 conflict. While actors such as ...
U.S. News & World Report5d
Angola Will Attempt to Broker Direct Talks Between Congo and M23, Presidency Says
M23 rebels have seized east Congo's two biggest cities since January in an escalation of a long-running conflict rooted in the spillover into Congo of Rwanda's 1994 genocide and the struggle for ...
WAVY-TV3d
Congo and M23 rebel group will hold peace talks on Tuesday, mediator Angola says
M23 is one of about 100 armed groups that have been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda, in a conflict that has created one of the world’s most ...
UPI24d
U.S. sanctions Rwandan minister M23 member over conflict in DRC
Feb. 20 (UPI) --The U.S. Treasury Department issued sanctions Thursday against figures related to M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Treasury announced sanctions against Rwanda ...