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Rwanda Accuses DRC Plane of Breaching Its Airspace

  • The accusation comes amid bilateral tensions over allegations that Rwanda is backing rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (AFP)

UN: M23 Movement Killed At Least 123 Civilians

  • A UN investigation found that the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group killed at least 131 civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on November 29 and 30 (AFP)

M23 Rebel Group Announces Intent To Withdraw From Eastern DRC

  • The March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group said it was ready to withdraw from an area it occupied in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and pursue peace talks with the government; ongoing talks do not currently include a representative of the group (AFP)

South Sudan to Send 750 Troops to DRC

  • South Sudan’s personnel will support a new regional force aimed at reducing the DRC’s current instability (AP)

Catholic Church Leads Peace Marches Throughout DRC

  • The Catholic Church led anti-violence protests in cities across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) yesterday after militants allegedly killed more than one hundred civilians in an eastern village last week (AFP)

Fresh Round of Congo Peace Talks Opens in Kenya

  • Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is facilitating the talks, which aim to disarm militant groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on behalf of the East African Community regional bloc (AP)

DRC Soldier Killed By Rwandan Forces After Crossing Border

  • Rwanda’s military said its forces killed a Congolese soldier who crossed the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and began shooting at Rwandan guard towers (East African)

Talks Between DRC Government and Armed Groups Set to Begin

  • Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta traveled to Kinshasa on behalf of the East African Community regional bloc to prepare for talks between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and local armed groups (East African)

DRC Expels Reuters Journalist

  • Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) expelled a French journalist working for Reuters after denying her request for accreditation; the journalist told Reuters that the authorities did not provide justification for the move (Reuters)

DRC Trains 3,000 Troops

  • The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) began training over three thousand army recruits as it steps up its battle with the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group (AP)

Uganda Claims Air Force Destroyed IS-Linked Rebel Camp

  • Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said his country’s air force destroyed a camp in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that was housing members of the Allied Democratic Forces, a group linked to the self-declared Islamic State (Bloomberg)

Kenya to Deploy Over Nine Hundred Troops to DRC

  • The Kenyan troops will join an East African mission combating rebel groups, including the March 23 Movement (M23), in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (RFI)

Congolese Rebels Advance in Eastern DRC

  • The Congolese rebel movement, M23, seized the towns of Kiwanja and Rutshuru on Saturday, prompting calls from the African Union for a ceasefire (DW)
  • Similarly, the U.S. condemned the renewed fighting and called for the M23 to immediately stop hostilities, withdraw from its positions, and rejoin the Nairobi dialogue (Reuters)
  • In addition, the UN peacekeeping mission in DRC announced a strategic withdrawal from their eastern military base in Rumangabo in response to the M23 advancement (Reuters)

DRC Expels Rwandan Ambassador

  • The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) asked Rwanda’s ambassador to leave the country after fighters from the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group clashed with the DRC’s military over the weekend; the DRC has accused Rwanda of backing the rebels (AP)

DRC, Rwanda Blame Each Other for Renewed Border Fighting

  • Rwanda accused the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of ignoring diplomatic options to resolve its conflict with the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group after the DRC’s military began a new offensive against the rebels; UN and DRC experts say Rwanda has been backing the group (Bloomberg)

DRC Army is Backing Rwandan Rebel Group

  • Human Rights Watch has claimed that Congo’s army is backing the FDLR, a Rwandan Hutu rebel group recently engaged in clashes with M23, a Congolese Tutsi militia, amid tensions between the two countries (Daily Monitor)
  • Meanwhile, DRC President Felix Tshisekedi publicly ruled out turning to the Wagner Group for assistance in quelling the conflict in the country’s east (Financial Times)

DRC Will Be Added to Money Laundering Watch List

  • The Financial Action Task Force intends on placing the DRC on a list of countries to be subject to increased monitoring due to persistent financial corruption, including money laundering and anti-terrorist financing (Reuters)

DRC Appoints New Army Chief

  • President Felix Tshisekedi named Christain Tshiwew Songesha, former commander of the Republican Guard, head of the armed forces as part of a series of military reforms to boost efficiency (Reuters)

ADF Attack Kills Fourteen in Eastern DRC

  • Witnesses claimed rebels from the Allied Democratic Force attacked the village of Kymata with machetes, killing fourteen and injuring two while two children remain missing (AfricaNews)
  • Meanwhile, a UN peacekeeper from Pakistan was killed in a militia attack on the MONUSCO camp in Minembwe (AfricaNews)

Ugandan Military Helicopters Crash in East DRC, Kills Twenty-Two

  • A Congo army spokesman confirmed at least twenty-two have died after two Ugandan military helicopters crashed in eastern DRC in two days; Ugandan forces have been deployed in the DRC to help combat the Allied Democratic Forces (Reuters)

DRC Residents Uninformed of New Oil and Gas Project

  • Residents in fourteen villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were not informed of plans for a new oil and gas project that could affect their livelihoods, Greenpeace Africa said in a new report (Bloomberg)

DRC Officials Announce End to Ebola Outbreak

  • Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani Mbanda released a statement announcing the end of the DRC’s fifteenth Ebola outbreak after a new case was confirmed on August 22 (Reuters)

Congolese Presidential Advisor Resigns Over Bribery Allegation

  • Vidiya Tshimanga, a top adviser to President Felix Tshisekedi, resigned after a tape surfaced of him attempting to receive a percentage of profits to facilitate a mining deal (Reuters)

ICC Rejects Compensation for Congolese War Crimes Victims

  • The International Criminal Court’s appeals judges denied a lower court ruling to provide $30 million in compensation for child soldiers and other victims of Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda (Reuters)
  • In addition, Uganda paid the country’s first installment of reparations to the DRC as compensation for the losses incurred from Uganda’s occupation of DRC territory during the 1990s (Reuters)

Suspected ADF Forces Kill Twenty in Eastern DRC

  • Fighters suspected to be from Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed twenty residents across two villages in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (Reuters)
  • Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to arrive in DRC to discuss security amid rising tensions with neighboring Rwanda and Uganda (ABC)