Why DR Congo's army struggles against the smaller M23. ... The United Nations estimates that M23 has only a few thousand fighters, supported by around 4,000 Rwandan soldiers.

UN mission in DR Congo under scrutiny as conflict escalates January 30, 2025 11:44 AM By Mohammed Yusuf; A U.N. peacekeeping armored personnel carrier burns during clashes with M23 rebels outside ...

UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced a joint operation with the national army Friday designed to stop M23 rebels from capturing key eastern cities.

The 250 Ukrainian troops with the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo have returned home to help fight Russian forces. When the withdrawal of Ukraine's aviation unit was ...

Kobler, now a retired diplomat, was head of the MONUSCO peacekeeping mission in DR Congo from 2013 to 2015. Under him, the blue helmet soldiers battled and defeated M23, supported by the Congolese ...

UN mission denounces DR Congo ‘massacre’, ... The DRC army on Thursday blamed the M23 rebel group and its allies for what it called a massacre in the eastern town of Kishishe.

KINSHASA — Democratic Republic of Congo's army on Tuesday said it had taken back the eastern town of Kalembe, a day after it was seized by M23 rebels, but rebels said they still controlled the town.

However, UN experts said in July that Rwanda does have between 3,000 and 4,000 government forces deployed in eastern Congo, operating alongside the M23 rebel group. Related DRC army says it takes ...

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...

Renewed fighting between Democratic Republic of Congo's army and M23 rebels broke out on Sunday around a densely populated town in eastern North Kivu province, where the rebels are waging an ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's army on Tuesday said it had taken back the eastern town of Kalembe, a day after it was seized by M23 rebels, but rebels said they still controlled the town.