M23 Rebels in Disarray in Eastern Congo, Says Government Spokesman | |
Radio Okapi - July 19, 2013 | |
![]() | Lambert Mende said that the M23 rebels supported by Rwanda were in disarray in North Kivu province. He warned, however, that “winning a battle does not mean winning the war” and called on the military to continue to fight to win the war. |
120 M23 Rebels Killed in East, Government Says | |
VOA News - July 15, 2013 | |
![]() | The Democratic Republic of Congo says its forces have killed 120 rebels and captured another dozen in fighting in North Kivu province. Government spokesman Lambert Mende said Monday that about 10 army soldiers have died in the fighting north of Goma, the provincial capital. |
UN Security Council approves intervention force to target armed groups in DR Congo | |
UN News Centre - March 28, 2013 | |
![]() | The Security Council today authorized the deployment of an intervention brigade within the current United Nations peacekeeping operation in DR Congo. The intervention brigade will carry out targeted offensive operations, with or without the Congolese national army, against armed groups that threaten peace in the eastern part of DRC. |
Rebel Leader Bosco Ntaganda Makes First Appearence Before the ICC | |
VOA News - March 26, 2013 | |
![]() | After years of fleeing justice, Bosco Ntaganda finally appeared before the ICC to start a lengthy process to decide whether to press war crime charges against him. Ntaganda made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. |
Warlord Bosco Ntaganda Turns Himself In at US Embassy in Rwanda | |
Congo News Agency - March 18, 2013 | |
![]() | The US said on Monday that warlord Bosco Ntaganda has turned himself in at its embassy in Kigali and asked to be transferred to the International Criminal Court, where he is wanted on seven counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity. |
UN Security Council Condemns Latest M23 Attacks, Extends Sanctions on Rebels | |
UN News Centre - November 28, 2012 | |
![]() | The Security Council extended the arms embargo and other sanctions imposed against armed rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while expressing its intention to consider additional targeted sanctions against the leadership of the M23, the rebel fighters that recently occupied the eastern provincial capital of Goma. |
Thousands of Women March Against M23 Rebels in Kinshasa | |
Congo News Agency - November 24, 2012 | |
![]() | Thousands of women protested against the M23 rebels in Kinshasa on Friday in the biggest demonstration yet in DR Congo’s capital against the rebels’ capture of the eastern Congo city of Goma on Tuesday. Women took the streets to condemn the M23 rebels, and the failure of the Congolese army and United Nations peacekeepers to stop the rebels’ advance. |
Thousands Protest M23 Capture of Goma, Turn on Government and UN | |
Congo News Agency - November 21, 2012 | |
![]() | Thousands of students protested on Tuesday after M23 rebels seized the eastern Congo city of Goma. They were mostly expressing their furor at the M23 rebels, but also targeted the government and the United Nations mission in DR Congo, whose soldiers and peacekeepers were unable to stop the rebels from taking the city. |
DR Congo Officials Vow to Defend Goma Against M23 Rebels | |
Congo News Agency - November 19, 2012 | |
![]() | North Kivu province Governor Julien Paluku has reassured residents of the eastern Congo city of Goma that it remains under the control of the Congolese army. He dismissed rumors that top government and military officials have fled towards Bukavu, in South Kivu province. Military officials in Goma vowed to defend the city against an attack by M23 rebels. |
UN Security Council condemns 'any and all outside support' to M23 rebels | |
UN News Centre - October 19, 2012 | |
![]() | “The Security Council calls upon all countries in the region to condemn the M23, as well as other armed groups, and to cooperate actively with the Congolese authorities in disarming and demobilizing the M23 as well as other armed groups and dismantling the M23 parallel administration,” said in a presidential statement. |