The group says it is defending ethnic Tutsis and Congolese of Rwandan origin from discrimination. Although U.N. experts estimate there are up to 4,000 forces from neighboring Rwanda supporting the ...

The leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in eastern Congo tells The Associated Press that international sanctions and Congo’s proposed minerals deal with the ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 has said it is committed ... The M23, which claims to defend Congolese ethnic Tutsis, said Walikale "has been liberated by our forces to ensure the safety of the civilian ...

Though the M23 claims to defend ethnic Tutsis in the eastern DRC, its fighters are de facto under the Rwandan army's command, according to a UN experts' report. The DRC accuses Rwanda of using the M23 ...

Rwanda accuses Congo of harbouring a Hutu militia intent on persecuting Tutsis, the ethnic group targeted in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, and says it must defend itself against that existential ...

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23, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battling Congo’s army captured another ...

Rwanda has expelled all Belgian diplomats and ... This resulted in the deaths of more than 800 000 people. Most of them were Tutsis, a Bantu language-speaking group spread across the eastern ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group launched an offensive ... Since January, the M23, which claims to defend the interests of Congolese Tutsis, has seized the key cities of Goma and Bukavu in ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group launched an offensive ... which claims to defend the interests of Congolese Tutsis, has seized the key cities of Goma and Bukavu in a lightning advance that ...

DOHA — The presidents of Rwanda and DR Congo have expressed their ... Since January, the M23, which claims to defend the interests of Congolese Tutsis, has seized the key cities of Goma and ...

He raised concerns about the long-standing political ties between Rwanda and the EU, suggesting that a “friendship” or lobbying efforts within the Union may have contributed to the delay in ...