Fierce fighting between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

Bisimwa and Makenga are respectively the president and military chief of the M23. Tried in absentia in Kinshasa, all three men were convicted and sentenced to death in August 2024.

Makenga - still in DR Congo - accused the Congolese leader of betraying Tutsi fighters, saying: "Kabila was a politician, while I am not. I am a soldier, and the language that I know is that of ...

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 ...

Makenga - still in DR Congo - accused the Congolese leader of betraying Tutsi fighters, saying: "Kabila was a politician, while I am not. I am a soldier, and the language that I know is that of ...

Makenga say di accuse say M23 dey use pikin as sojas dey "baseless". Di US also say e don commit and dey responsible for tins like killing and maiming, sexual kasala and kidnapping.

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 ...