The March 23 Movement (French: Mouvement du 23 mars), often abbreviated as M23 and also known as the Congolese Revolutionary Army (Armée révolutionnaire du Congo), [9] is a Congolese Tutsi-led rebel military group. [10] Based in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), it operates mainly in the province of North Kivu, which borders both Uganda and Rwanda, and is backed by ...

1 day ago · The M23 is the most potent of the more than 100 armed groups active in Congo’s east, which holds vast deposits critical to much of the world’s technology. Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame, told CNN on Monday that he didn’t know whether Rwandan military forces were in Congo but said his country would do what’s needed to protect itself.

19 hours ago · GOMA, Congo (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo sought to reassure its residents on Thursday, holding a rally at the city stadium and promising safety and stability in Goma under the their administration.. The demonstration was part of the efforts by the M23 rebel group to shore up public support even though it faces growing international pressure.

Jan 30, 2025 · The Rwanda-backed M23 group is one of about 100 armed factions vying for a foothold in eastern Congo in one of Africa’s longest conflicts, displacing 4.5 million people and creating what the U.N. called “one of the most protracted, complex, serious humanitarian crises on …

3 days ago · M23 says it is defending ethnic Tutsis, who fled to the DRC amid the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. DRC accuses Rwanda and the rebels of looting the country’s resources, which include vast deposits of ...

Jan 28, 2025 · According to the United Nations and the United States, M23 is directed and supported by Rwanda; the U.N. says Rwanda has sent thousands of its troops into Congo. Some 500,000 people fled their...

Jan 27, 2025 · In 2012, M23 first seized Goma, but the Congolese army, supported by a UN force, pushed the rebels back into the eastern hills on the border with Rwanda in 2013. However, the DRC faced a ...

Nov 23, 2022 · Formed 10 years ago, the Rwanda-backed Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) soon made its first mark when it briefly occupied Goma, a city of 1 million today. An African-led effort resulted in...

Jan 29, 2025 · Rwanda's ally Uganda, unhappy about another rebel group in DR Congo that threatens its security, has also been accused of helping the M23 - with its officers also spotted at Tchanzu.

Jan 28, 2025 · Well trained and professionally armed, M23 is the latest in a long line of Tutsi-led rebel movements to emerge in Congo's volatile eastern borderlands in the wake of two successive wars stemming ...