Goma

M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa accused the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo of failing the people of eastern DRC

Personnel and equipment have been airlifted from Lubumbashi and Kinshasa to Pretoria, amid tension over unpaid allowances for soldiers

Kabila, who has been living in exile since late 2023, faces charges including treason, complicity with M23 rebels, crimes against humanity and corruption

The March 23 Movement is filling administrative positions in Goma and Rwanda may do the same in Kivu

The two ministers spoke a day after Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame took exception to a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa and launched a verbal attack on X

In one Special Investigating Unit inquiry, Denel was paid more than R8 billion by Armscor for 264 Badger vehicles but only produced a fraction of those

Kigali denies that it is supporting the rebels in a bid to control vast mineral resources

Much of the region is prey to armed groups, an aftermath of regional wars in the 1990s and 2000s

Clashes broke out again at the start of October after six months of relative calm, pitting rebels against the national army

Nearly 200 000 people have fled their homes since the beginning of this month as clashes between militia and government loyalist groups intensify

Hundreds of thousands of people are crammed into camps around the city of Goma, a crisis triggered by M23 rebels

The East African Community has sent a regional force to prevent the situation from worsening

The DRC has accused Rwanda of backing the Tutsi-led M23 rebel group, but Kigali denies it

Former Democratic Republic of the Congo militia fighters housed in sordid conditions, such as at camp Mubambiro, are protesting their living conditions

Many of the former child combatants are overwhelmed by the horrors they have witnessed in a part of the country that has been ravaged by violence for more than 25 years