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M23 Congolese Rebels Reinforced by Rwandan Defense Forces Target Goma

May 22, 2013

On Monday May 20, 2013, Congolese Rebels known as M23 reinforced by Rwandan Defense Forces troops launched attacks on positions held by Congolese Government forces, FARDC around Goma. The attacks, in preparation since late April 2013, threatened Goma, the provincial capital of North-Kivu Province and have sent scores of displaced into the jungles or already [...]

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UN Security Council Unanimously Condemns the Seizure of Goma by M23 Rebels.

November 21, 2012

On Tuesday November 20, 2012 night the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution condemning Rwandan Government backed Congolese M23 rebels after they seized the border town of Goma. The UN Security Council also tasked the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon of Share on Facebook

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Bitter and Frustrated by Rwandan Military Leaders, Colonel Kahasha Throws In the Towel

November 15, 2012

Colonel Albert Kahasha alias Foka Mike, the commander of one of the Congolese rebels groups allied with M23, has surrendered to the Congolese army, FARDC. He gave up the rebellion after months of frustration, bitterness and feeling of betrayal by the Rwandan Military and government leaders, who support and effectively lead the M23 rebels. According [...]

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DRC – Rwanda Secret Accord: This Time Rwandan Government Tells The Truth

September 3, 2012

As some of the Rwandan Special Forces that have been operating in Eastern DRC have been returned to Rwanda (see here), a debate between the DRC and the Rwandan governments has been raging around the following question: were the Rwandan Special Forces invited into the DRC by Congolese President Joseph Kabila? Congolese Communications Minister Lambert [...]

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M23 Congolese Rebels Advance on Masisi and Lubero.

July 25, 2012

Sources within M23 Congolese rebels inform AfroAmerica Network that the Congolese rebels reinforced by Rwandan Defense Forces(RDF) are advancing on Masisi and Lubero territories. According to the sources, the troops advancing on Lubero are under the command of General Sikuli Lafontaine and Colonel Kahasha. Colonel Kahasha Share on Facebook

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M23 and Allies Reach Walikale; Progress Towards Kisangani; FARDC General Ruhorimbere to Defect

July 17, 2012

Sources close to M23 Congolese rebellion inform AfroAmerica Network that Rwandan Defense Forces, M23 troops and one of their allied militia, the Mai-Mai Raia Mutomboki, have progressed westward and have reached the city of Walikale on their way to Kisangani. They attacked the city of Walikale late Monday July 16, 2012 and early morning of [...]

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Raia Mutomboki Attacks and Destroys FDLR Reserve Brigade Headquarters

June 20, 2012

Sources in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) inform AfroAmerica Network that on Tuesday June 19, 2012, Congolese militias known as Maï-Maï Raia Mutomboki attacked the headquarters of a brigade of a Rwandan rebels organization known as the Democratic Forces of Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). The brigade, known as the Reserve Brigade, Share on [...]

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Scores of Rwandan Defense Forces Soldiers Killed or Injured in FARDC Counter-attack

May 14, 2012

Sources within the Congolese military, FARDC, inform AfroAmerica Network that a large number of Rwandan Government soldiers, otherwise known as Rwandan Defense Forces, have been killed or injured in a counter-attack by the FARDC supported by MONUSCO. Rwandan troops have been infiltrating the DRC as a reinforcement to CNDP rebels. Over the last week, the [...]

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General Bosco Ntaganda Moving troops to Ituri and Masisi

April 29, 2012

Sources close to the renegade General Bosco Ntaganda inform AfroAmerica Network that he has started to move his troops and the headquarter of his rebellion to the Oriental Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while reinforcing his grip on the Masisi area in North-Kivu province. According to the same sources, his [...]

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Rebellion Intensifies in Kivu As More FARDC Commanders Defect

April 9, 2012

The rebellion that has been simmering for the last months, especially following the November 28th, 2011 Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) presidential elections, has intensified. The latest major event to fuel the rebellion is the defection of the commander of the 805th Division of the Armed Forces of DRC (FARDC), Share on Facebook

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