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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)

Rwanda is supporting Congolese M23 Rebels, says UN

  • UN experts released a report showing that despite repeated denials, the Rwandan army is backing M23 rebels with weapons and support (Al Jazeera)

DRC Army Kills Eleven ADF Rebels

  • The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army said it had killed eleven fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia (Agence France Presse)
  • Meanwhile, the DRC government asked the spokesman for the UN delegation to the DRC to leave, saying he is to blame for rising tensions between the UN and the Congolese population (ABC)

UN Forces in DRC Kill Two

  • UN peacekeepers opened fire at a border post between Uganda and the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing at least two people and wounding fifteen others; UN officials said it was not immediately clear what sparked the incident (Associated Press)

Ten Die in Deadly Protests Against UN Forces Continue in DRC

  • Seven civilians and three UN peacekeepers died during the second day of protests against the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); local media reported that peacekeepers shot the protesters while the UN mission denied the claim (BBC)

Five Killed, Fifty Wounded in DRC Protests at UN Headquarters

  • At least five people were killed and around fifty were wounded during protests at the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); demonstrators said the mission has failed to prevent attacks by armed groups in the country’s east (Al Jazeera)

Suspected ADF Forces Kill Ten in Eastern DRC

  • Rebels killed ten civilians in a series of attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); the perpetrators are suspected Armed Democratic Forces (ADF) insurgents (Barrons)
  • Meanwhile, in western DRC, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) facilitated the first repatriation of Congolese refugees since 2020 from Angola (UNHCR)

ADF Kill Twenty in Series of Attacks in DRC

  • In a series of attacks, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked several villages and a health center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least twenty and abducting civilians, including thirty children (UN News)

M23 Clashes Continue in DRC After Ceasefire Agreement with Rwanda

  • Clashes have continued between the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the rebel group M23 only a day after a ceasefire agreement and de-escalation framework were reached between the DRC and Rwanda; the rebel group says the bilateral agreement does not affect them (Al Jazeera)

DRC Rebel Group Poised to Overwhelm UN Peacekeeping Capabilities

  • The UN envoy for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) warned that the increasing military capabilities of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group could “exceed” the abilities of UN forces (Africanews)
  • Meanwhile, DRC President Tshisekedi and Rwandan president Paul Kagame have met in Angola for talks; with no public agenda, the likely topic of discussion is the rise in attacks by the M23 group, whom Congo accuses Rwanda of backing (Voice of America)