Peace Negotiations
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 09:26
The UN special force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo engaged in direct combat with besieged M23 rebels, throwing its weight behind a crushing army assault despite calls for a truce.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 09:10
The M23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo says it is ending its insurgency, hours after the government claimed military victory.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 08:58
The M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo say they are laying down their arms, after military forces drove them from their last remaining strongholds. The declaration follows a call from African leaders meeting in South Africa for an end to the fighting.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 08:43
Eastern Congo and North Kivu in particular, are currently going through an intense and decisive period. In less than a week, the Congolese army (FARDC) has re-conquered the towns until recently controlled by M23.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 08:36
African leaders and international envoys appealed to Congo's government and M23 rebels on Monday to stop fighting and embrace a peace deal after the two sides bombarded each other near the Ugandan border.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 08:30
If the M23 movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo publicly renounces its rebellion, Kinshasa will accept the announcement and a peace deal will be signed five days later, say southern and east African leaders.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 08:18
REGIONAL leaders are confident peace and stability will return to the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region once the M23 rebels have renounced their actions.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 08:03
It has been a good few weeks for Congolese President Joseph Kabila, the Congolese army, the UN Stabilisation Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) and the recently deployed Force Intervention Brigade (FIB). A series of spectacular military victories against the M23, one of many armed groups that have been destabilising the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the past decade, has led Martin Kobler, the head of MONUSCO, to declare the movement ‘dead’. Images last week showed Kobler dancing triumphantly in the streets of Rutshuru, alongside the governor of North Kivu province, Julien Paluku. Rutshuru, an important trading town just north of the provincial capital, Goma, had been occupied by the M23 since it launched its mutiny in early 2012. Reports from the ground indicate that the residents were as happy as Kobler to see them go. Within days, the civilian administration was reinstalled and, in a grand gesture, the provincial authorities announced that no taxes would be collected until next year. ‘The M23 has harassed people so much and made them pay such exorbitant taxes,’ Paluku said.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 08:00
A rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an end to its insurgency after government troops drove fighters from their last remaining strongholds.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 07:53
The M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic Congo has declared its 20-month insurgency to be at an end. The announcement comes shortly after the government had announced victory over the rebels after days of clashes.