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Nearly 100 Congolese National Police officers flee to Uganda as fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese military intensifies.
2024-08-5

A United Nations report formally accuses the Ugandan military of providing support to the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, Uganda denies the claims. The report also claims that between 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers are fighting alongside the M23 rebels.
2024-07-8

Nineteen people are killed and 26 more injured during the explosions of mortar bombs in the town of Mweso in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The March 23 Movement is blamed for the attack.
2024-01-23

Uganda reports an outbreak of Ebola after a rare case of the Sudan ebolavirus strain was confirmed in a 24-year-old man who later died, becoming the first known fatality from the strain since 2011.
2022-09-20

M23 rebels capture the town of Bunagana. The Congolese military accuses Rwanda of assisting the rebels in the capture of the town.
2022-06-13

The Home Affairs Ministry of South Africa orders the release of two gay men who were arrested and imprisoned in Johannesburg after escaping Uganda. The couple requested to remain in South Africa out of fears of persecution in Uganda. The South Gauteng High Court ordered the immediate release of the men and also ordered that they be allowed to remain in South Africa.
2021-08-29

M23 rebels begin their withdrawal from the city of Goma as part of a Uganda-brokered deal struck a week earlier.
2012-12-1

M23 rebels announce their withdrawal from territory captured from government troops after a pullout deal was reached in Uganda.
2012-11-28

A United Nations expert panel reports that although the two governments deny it, Rwanda and Uganda continue to support the March 23 Movement.
2012-10-16

The Ugandan death penalty for homosexuality may be declared "not necessary".
2010-01-8