African Stories in Perspective
African Stories in Perspective
The United States has expressed dissatisfaction with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group’s reported withdrawal from the strategic town of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), amid continued reports of clashes in surrounding areas. A senior US official told Reuters that while some M23 fighters have left Uvira, Washington does not believe the withdrawal […]
The US special envoy to Africa on Thursday called on Rwanda to withdraw all its troops from the Democratic Republic Congo and stop any support for the M23 rebel group. Eastern DR Congo has been wracked by decades of conflict but tensions have soared in recent months by the advance of the M23 armed group, […]
Leaders at an unprecedented joint summit of Eastern and Southern African blocs aimed at defusing the crisis in Eastern Congo urged all parties to hold direct talks, including with Rwanda-backed rebels whose advance has fanned fears of a wider war. In late January, the M23 rebels captured Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic […]
Fighters from the Rwanda-backed M23 movement seized control of a key mining settlement in Democratic Republic of Congo, their latest advance in the country’s war-torn east, local sources said on Sunday. Residents told Prime Africa by telephone that the armed group took control of Lumbishi, a mineral-rich site in the Sud-Kivu region, around 1530 GMT […]
