Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...
After talks in Qatar, the two countries’ presidents said they were committed to an unconditional truce between Congo’s army ...
ITS soldiers are underpaid and underarmed. Its ranks are riddled with factions pursuing their own interests. And successive ...
The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...
The Congolese group said decision was in line with a ceasefire declared in February and in support of peace initiatives.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, battles are taking place for territory and rare earth minerals such as cobalt.
Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC’s army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu ...