News | Rwanda
| Advancing Congo Troops Take Control of Rumangabo From M23 Rebels | |
Radio Okapi - October 28, 2013 | |
 | DR Congo’s army continued its advance north towards M23 rebel strongholds on Monday. After Kibumba, Kiwanja and Rutshuru, it was the turn of Rumangabo to fall under the control of the Congolese Armed Forces, also known as the FARDC. |
| Congo Army Liberates Rutshuru, Kiwanja and Kibumba From M23 Rebels | |
Congo News Agency - October 27, 2013 | |
 | DR Congo’s army has liberated three major towns from the M23 rebels in a span of just three days. It is a dramatic fall for the M23 rebels, who have terrorized hundreds of thousands of civilians in eastern Congo for more than a year. |
| Congo Army Dislodges M23 Rebels From Strategic Town of Kibumba | |
Radio Okapi - October 26, 2013 | |
 | DR Congo's army has recaptured the town of Kibumba, located 27 kilometers north of Goma, in North Kivu province. The spokesman of the Congolese Armed Forces in the province, Col. Olivier Hamuli, announced Saturday afternoon that the army, known as FARDC, had taken control of the town. He called on the M23 rebels to disarm. |
| Congo Army Takes Control of Kibumba After Fighting With M23 Rebels Resumes | |
Radio Okapi - October 25, 2013 | |
 | DR Congo's army took control of the center of Kibumba on Friday after fighting broke out early in the morning with M23 rebels. The area had been completely occupied by the rebels before the fighting began in the territory of Nyiragongo, in North Kivu province. |
| U.S. Sanctions Rwanda Over Use of Child Soldiers by M23 Rebels | |
Radio Okapi - October 4, 2013 | |
 | U.S. authorities announced on Thursday that they have sanctioned Rwanda over the recruitment of child soldiers by the M23 rebels operating in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The United Nations and rights groups have accused Kigali of supporting the rebels. |
| Rwandan Support for M23 Rebels Frustrates Attempts to End Fighting in Eastern Congo | |
Scott Stearns/VOA News - September 26, 2013 | |
 | U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called the attacks being carried out by rebels in Eastern Congo against civilians "appalling". African heads of state met at the United Nations to discuss the conflict, which the United States says Rwanda is fueling by backing those rebels. |
| Ban Ki-moon Confirms M23 Rebels Shelled Rwanda | |
Radio Okapi - August 31, 2013 | |
 | U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon confirmed in a statement that the M23 rebels were responsible for firing shells into Rwanda, despite claims by Rwandan authorities that DR Congo's army was to blame. |
| DR Congo Will Defend Itself Against an Attack by Rwanda, Government Says | |
Congo News Agency - August 31, 2013 | |
 | DR Congo’s government said on Friday it will protect its population against any military attack by the Rwandan army on its territory. Government spokesman and minister of information Lambert Mende noted that “Rwandan authorities have increasingly threatened in recent days to go to war against the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| M23 Rebels Fired Shells Into Rwanda, Not Congo Army, UN Says | |
Robert Esaki - August 30, 2013 | |
 | The U.N. said on Thursday that the M23 rebels have been firing shells into Rwandan territory, disputing claims by the Rwandan foreign minister, Louise Mushikiwabo, that DR Congo's army was to blame. “Firing incidents into Rwandan territory originated from M23 positions between 22 and 29 August,” U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said. |
| Mortar Shells From Rwanda Kill Civilians in Eastern Congo | |
Congo News Agency - August 23, 2013 | |
 | M23 rebels and their allies in Rwanda deliberately shelled civilians neighborhoods in Goma on Thursday, Congolese government spokesman Lambert Mende said on Friday during a press conference in Kinshasa. One woman and her three children were killed when mortar shells hit civilian neighborhoods in the eastern Congo city. |
