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Chairperson of the African Union Macky Sall calls for dialogue between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda amid rising tensions between the two countries over the resurgence of the M23 rebels. Rwanda calls it an "internal DR Congo conflict" and also calls for the release of two "kidnapped" Rwandan soldiers along its border with DR Congo.
2022-05-29

Six Pakistani crew members and a Russian and a Serbian soldier are killed as a MONUSCO helicopter crashes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The rebel March 23 Movement group is accused of being behind the crash. The group has denied their involvement.
2022-03-29

Militants belonging to the March 23 Movement attack military bases near Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Congolese authorities say that two Rwandan soldiers were participating in the attack. The movement have regrouped and retaken strategic areas for the first time since their defeat in 2013.
2022-03-28

Two soldiers and 18 rebels are killed in a clash between Banyamulenge rebels and government forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2022-01-5

At least six park rangers in the Virunga National Park in Rutshuru, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, are killed in an ambush. A Mai-Mai militia is suspected to have committed the attack.
2021-01-10

Allied Democratic Forces militants kill 10 civilians in the town of Mbau, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2020-09-20

Allied Democratic Forces militants attack a village in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 35 people. It is the second attack in the town in two days. The terrorists assaulted civilians with knives and firearms and destroyed the village.
2020-09-10

The Congolese government re-establishes control over Goma from M23 rebels.
2012-12-3

The Democratic Republic of the Congo wants United Nations sanctions on Rwandese top military officials named in a June U.N. report as supporting the M23 rebels in the current east Congo conflict.
2012-09-3

Rebels from the March 23 Movement seize three more towns in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2012-07-8