Role in Congo’s Conflict: 2025 UN Reports on DRC How Rwanda’s army took over eastern Congo through M23 War in Eastern DRC Fresh AFC/M23-Wazalendo clashes in Masisi highlight a fragile security picture in Justice & Crime Local reports say FARDC retook the mining hub; AP confirms M23 spokesman killed nearby Rubaya drone strikes shift North Kivu battlefield as M23 leader killed . 2025 UN Report on DRC Rwanda rebels in eastern DRC UN: M23 and Rwanda Committed War Crimes in Congo, Says Report .

Rwanda’s admission of M23 ties marks a turning point. Ask Kagame, the father of M23,” said Muyaya. “This is a war of pillage.” Now that even Kagame admits M23 is his ‘son,’ the legal and diplomatic equation has changed. Ask Kagame, the father of M23,” said Muyaya. “This is a war of pillage.” The Kigali–M23 Equation: “Father and Son” War Machine Muyaya described M23 as a proxy rebel army funded

More than 260 AFC/M23 fighters laid down their arms in Kivu, a development that may test rebel cohesion The reported surrender of more than 260 AFC/M23 fighters in Kivu matters because it may signal growing According to Radio Okapi , the 34th Military Region said on April 8 that 263 former AFC/M23 members, Tags DR.Congo DR.Congo African Union African Union M23 Conflict Updates M23 Conflict Updates M23 Rebels M23 Rebels

Human Rights Watch says Rwanda and M23 forcibly recruited civilians and children in eastern DRC, citing Rwandan military forces and the M23 armed group have conducted a large-scale campaign of forced recruitment report, titled “‘Death Was Everywhere’ : Arbitrary Detention, Killings, and Forced Recruitment by the M23 According to the findings, M23 fighters , backed by Rwandan military personnel, committed murder, torture M23 fighters established ambushes and checkpoints on roads, raided hospitals, churches, and schools,

FARDC recaptured Irundu, Mikenge, Kakenge and Kalingi from the Twirwaneho-M23 coalition as military pressure The localities had recently fallen under the control of the Twirwaneho-M23 coalition, which has been active in South Kivu amid the wider conflict involving the Rwanda-backed M23 movemen t. Tags DR.Congo DR.Congo FARDC Congo FARDC Congo M23 Rebels M23 Rebels FARDC FARDC M23 Rebels News M23 Rebels News M23 Conflict Updates M23 Conflict Updates

DRC Minister Muyaya calls M23’s Uvira retreat a “masquerade” to shield Rwanda. "M23 is Rwanda’s son — let’s not be fooled." This is not a withdrawal. Muyaya rejected this completely: This is not an issue for M23 to negotiate. "M23 is Rwanda’s son — let’s not be fooled." This is not a withdrawal. Muyaya rejected this completely: This is not an issue for M23 to negotiate.

Weeks after the Washington Accord, Rwanda-backed M23 massacred over 300 civilians in Rutshuru, exposing Within weeks of the celebrated handshake, the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group launched a campaign of terror Between July 10 and 30, M23 fighters swept through at least 14 villages near Virunga National Park. The M23’s political wing, the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), also denied responsibility. Tags DR.Congo DR.Congo Kagame Crimes Kagame Crimes M23 Rebels News M23 Rebels News

M23 rebels still blocking aid, exposing Rwanda’s role in eastern Congo instability. G20 Summit in South Africa, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a stinging indictment of the M23 Congo fulfilling all required procedures to reopen Goma International Airport for humanitarian aid, the M23 “The effort has not been made by M23 and those who hold Goma Airport, even though the DRC has already the reopening of the airport, which had been closed since January 2025 following its seizure by the M23

M23 spokesman Oscar Balinda says eastern DRC gold and coltan pass through Rwanda, while UN experts document GOMA — September 25, 2026 — An AFC/M23 spokesman has publicly acknowledged that gold and coltan extracted UN investigators documented an AFC/M23 smuggling network into Rwanda In its 2025 final report, the UN Group of Experts on the DRC documented what it described as an AFC/M23-controlled mineral production Read AFC/M23's reported response via The Update .

However, last December, as the M23 movement advanced, the battalion's commander fabricated a medical Rwanda has deployed over 3,000 troops in North Kivu, surpassing M23's own fighters, according to U.N. internal mismanagement, inexperienced troops, and over-reliance on proxy forces as major factors in M23 Both M23 and FDLR deny collaborating with either government. Both M23 and FDLR deny collaborating with either government.

U.S. sanctions highlight Rwanda-M23 smuggling network. Kagame-M23-PARECO‑FF Nexus: control of Rubaya’s coltan M23 and PARECO‑FF take over the mines Rubaya in Kagame-M23-PARECO‑FF Nexus: control of Rubaya’s coltan M23 and PARECO‑FF take over the mines Rubaya in M23 negotiated coltan shares with PARECO‑FF before seizing Rubaya. Rebels News M23 Rebels News

HRW says M23 and Rwandan forces committed killings, rapes and abductions during their occupation of Uvira Human Rights Watch has accused M23 rebels and Rwandan military forces of carrying out killings, rapes Rwanda has repeatedly denied supporting M23 or deploying troops in eastern Congo. Rwanda has repeatedly denied supporting M23 or deploying troops in eastern Congo. Tags DR.Congo DR.Congo Xtrafrica News Xtrafrica News M23 Rebels News M23 Rebels News DR Congo News DR