The Latest Breaking News from M23

Doctors Without Borders reports surge in sexual violence cases in Congo due to armed conflict, urging urgent humanitarian intervention.

Doctors Without Borders says it has treated an “unprecedented” number of victims of sexual violence in Congo last year

Human Rights Watch alleges potential violation of international human rights law on many occasions this year

Security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been battling the M23 rebel group in the east of the country since 2012. However, there has been a major upsurge in fighting so far this year.

Border regions in countries neighbouring DRC raise alert levels and screening measures as the mpox virus spreads.

Paul Kagame started his fourth term as Rwanda’s president in August 2024. He first became president in April 2000. However, as the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, he has been the country’s de facto head since his rebel forces ended the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

The ambiguous and often tumultuous relations between Uganda and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have made headlines in recent months. In a July 2024 report, the UN Group of Experts on the DRC stated that Ugandan army and intelligence officials were providing active support to the M23 rebel group.

The mpox outbreak puts pressure on a region already struggling with a lack of medicines and an ongoing armed rebellion.

Self-defence militias called the Wazalendo are taking up arms against the M23 group that’s launching attacks in DRC.