The M23, backed by Rwanda, has overpowered the poorly trained Congolese army, while Uganda, Burundi and South Africa have ...

For four years, Makenga and the RPF fought the Hutu-dominated army in Rwanda. Their battle was enmeshed with the 1994 genocide, when Hutu extremists killed 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

After taking control of Goma, the M23 rebels – backed by Rwanda – now want to advance further into South Kivu. But as they ...

which saw the M23 hand over the Romanian fighters - whom he described as private employees of the DR Congo government on an ...

The capture of Goma by the M23 rebel movement and Rwandan army forces has positioned Kigali as the dominant power in the region. However, Uganda and Burundi, neighbors of the Congo, are determined ...

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame was ... which is roughly the size of Western Europe. The DRC army, which has a reputation for poor training and corruption, has been forced into multiple retreats.

A major offensive by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in east Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to have stalled on Saturday after the army took back some ground, two civil society sources and a local ...

A weakened Congolese military fought back against Rwanda-backed rebels who the U.N ... on with the M23 rebels Saturday, the Congolese army recaptured the villages of Sanzi, Muganzo and Mukwidja ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral body has accused the Rwandan army and M23 rebels of looting polling office facilities in Goma, a city in eastern Congo. The Independent National ...

Rwanda-backed fighters controlled almost all ... private employees of the DRC government, are present on an army training mission". Four of them were injured in the fighting, their leader ...