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Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they will march on the DRC capital Kinshasa and install a new government as Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi calls for a mobilization of young males to reclaim lost territory. Congolese Defence Minister Guy Kabombo Muadiamvita says there will be no peace talks with the rebels.
2025-01-30

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

A Congolese soldier is killed and two others are arrested by the Rwandan Army in a cross-border incident in Rubavu District, Rwanda.
2024-01-16

M23 rebels capture the towns of Kiwanja and Rutshuru in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. In response, the Congolese government expels Rwanda's ambassador, accusing the country of supporting the rebels.
2022-10-30

The Democratic Republic of the Congo accuses Rwanda of killing two Congolese children in a rocket attack. Rwanda also accuses the DRC of firing rockets into the country from Bunagana.
2022-06-10

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

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

The Democratic Republic of the Congo accuses Rwanda of backing rebels hostile to the Congolese government.
2012-07-29

Rwanda withdraws a threat to remove its peacekeepers from Darfur after a United Nations report accused the Rwandan army of genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2010-09-27

Rwanda threatens to limit cooperation with the United Nations after a report accused the country of war crimes in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2010-08-28