ramping up the risk of a return to full-blown regional war. Burundi has had soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there but, more recently, supporting ...
M23 also has roots in the rebel movements sponsored by Rwanda and Uganda during the First Congo War (1996-1997) against Mobutu Sese Seko, and the Second Congo War against Laurent Kabila (1998-2003).
Geneva — The United Nations on Friday voiced alarm at rampant violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the M23 armed group pushed deeper into the country, warning of summary ...
1971 - Country is renamed Zaire. 1977 - French and Belgian paratroops, alongside Moroccan forces, help repulse attack on Katanga by Angolan-based rebels. 1996-97 - First Congo War. A civil war and ...