Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?
Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC’s army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu ...
A claim that Kigali denies. Analysts fear that Uganda and Rwanda's growing presence in eastern DRC could lead to a repeat of the so-called Second Congo War, which lasted from 1998 to 2003 ...
In 1998, the Second Congo War broke out following the deterioration of relations between Kigali and Kinshasa. To diminish the impression that Rwanda held undue influence over the Congolese ...
Should SAMIDRC become an all-out warfighting mission, it would be reminiscent of the Second Congo War when SADC troops came to the aid of then DRC President Laurent Kabila against the Rwandan and ...
The current war is the biggest outbreak of violence in the region since the conclusion of the Second Congo War in 2003 — the bloodiest war of the 21st century, with 3 million to 5.4 million deaths.
It triggered the first Congo war of 1996-1997 that led to the overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko and the rise of Laurent-Désiré Kabila. The conflict continued with the Second Congo War (1998-2003 ...
Analysts fear that Uganda and Rwanda's growing presence in eastern DRC could lead to a repeat of the so-called Second Congo War, which lasted from 1998 to 2003, involving many African countries ...
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized control of Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo ... trigger an open regional war.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country whose name has become synonymous with conflict, poverty and exploitation. The Central African country is the second biggest in the continent ...
Army and M23 rebels are accused of shooting children Rapes spike after fall of major eastern Congo city Some children ... the region's second-largest city which fell earlier this month.
In 1998, the Second Congo War broke out following the deterioration of relations between Kigali and Kinshasa. To diminish the impression that Rwanda held undue influence over the Congolese ...