Sultani Makenga, the military leader of M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, has said it was “unacceptable” that the government hired European mercenaries in the ongoing conflict that pitted the ...

Makenga is also said - to this day - to be very reserved and to struggle with public speaking. In 1997, he was part of the Rwanda-backed forces who ended up seizing power in DR Congo, ousting long ...

Last year, Makenga’s M23 joined Nangaa’s Congo River Alliance and with Nangaa at the helm of the revamped outfit, the M23 looked even more menacing to Congolese authorities, analysts say.

Makenga, a self-appointed major-general often seen wielding a herder’s staff in the bush, was among those who fled to Uganda. In December 2013, ...

Insiguro y'isanamu, Uvuye ibumoso ujya iburyo: Bertrand Bisimwa, Sultani Makenga na Corneille Nangaa n'abo baraganwaga baciwe ingwate ya miliyari imwe y'amadorari . 9 Ukw'umunani 2024.

GOMA, DRC — The Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebel movement has denied reports that its military commander, Sultani Makenga, has been badly wounded. An M23 spokesman also rejected a call ...

Makenga was also asked if he will sign a peace deal with the government on March 15. He says he does not know if that will happen, adding that negotiations have not yet ended.

Gen. Sultani Makenga, M23's military commander, and his fighters were being held by the Ugandan military in Mgahinga, a forested area near the Congo border, the official said.

Sultani Makenga, an ethnic Tutsi rebel leader sanctioned by both the U.S. and the U.N., was nowhere to be seen in Goma’s Serena Hotel as the bearded Corneille Nangaa, in military fatigues, was ...