The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general called for them to lay down their guns and agree to mediation.
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DRC crisis and possible outcomes
Matters have come to a boil in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tens of thousands of well-trained, disciplined and heavily armed M23 soldiers have come out of some bush and given the hapless ...
Rebel leader Corneille Nangaa has openly expressed the M23's ambition to advance towards Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Just days after seizing control of Goma, the M23 ...