Jul 9, 2024 · Uganda is backing M23 rebels fighting across its border in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN experts say, warning that a rapidly escalating crisis “carried the risk of triggering a wider...

Mar 22, 2025 · A UN group of experts had on Friday announced that their officials are set to hold a discussion with M23 leaders in Goma city between March 23 to 27, 2025. According to the UN, among the issues to discuss included; ceasefire conditions, security threats, and governance in areas under AFC/M23 control.

Jan 28, 2025 · United Nations experts have often accused Uganda of supporting M23 rebels by giving them safe passage and residences. Last year, the M23 confirmed that most of its commanders and representatives...

Feb 11, 2025 · Uganda’s embassy in Kinshasa was set on fire on 28 January by outraged Congolese citizens. The UN Panel of Experts has reported that Uganda has coordinated with M23 leaders and provided them with logistics and transportation. M23 leaders have also been allowed to move freely within Uganda.

Mar 20, 2025 · Since then, however, UN experts have accused Kampala of supporting the M23, allowing it to use its territory as a rear base. Last month, Ugandan troops expanded their presence in northeastern Ituri province, which is close to M23-held areas. Both Uganda and Rwanda use smuggled Congolese minerals to boost their exports.

2 days ago · The M23 rebels in the DR Congo are demanding the immediate withdrawal of SAMIDRC forces and the surrender of the Congolese army in what appears to be renewed hostility between government forces and the rebels in eastern part of the country. The development comes barely two days after DR Congo ...

Apr 9, 2025 · Rwanda is understood to have considerably strengthened its military presence in eastern DRC, where its troops have now largely supplanted M23's combatants. Uganda, meanwhile, has come under fire on the strength of documented proof of …

4 days ago · M23 troops passed "unhindered" through Uganda during their conquest of the border town of Bunagana last June, according to the forthcoming report of the UN Panel of Experts on the DR Congo. That report will be presented to the Security Council on 20 December.

Feb 5, 2025 · NAIROBI - Uganda has deployed more than 1,000 extra soldiers into east Congo in the last week near an area where the Kinshasa government is fighting M23 rebels, four diplomatic and U.N. sources...

Jul 9, 2024 · Uganda is still conducting joint operations with the DRC troops against a rebel Ugandan group. Meanwhile, M23 fighters began waging a fresh rebellion in the eastern DRC in late 2021. Ugandan...