Reuters Africa Top

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it had summoned the Rwandan High Commissioner following advances by the Rwandan Defence Force and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. “These advances constitute an unacceptable violation of DRC’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Government of Rwanda must immediately withdraw all Rwanda Defence Force …

UK summons top Rwandan diplomat after M23 advances in eastern Congo Read More »

(Reuters) – A Tuareg-dominated rebel alliance in northern Mali accused Malian soldiers, accompanied by Russian Wagner mercenaries, of killing 24 civilians travelling north to Algeria from the city of Gao, as the army reported clashes in the region. Mali, led by a military junta, has for more than a decade battled jihadist groups allied to …

Northern Mali rebels say army killed 24 civilians, army reports clashes Read More »

(Reuters) – Burundian soldiers, who have been fighting Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, were pulling out following the fall of the city of Bukavu, four sources, including a Burundian army officer and two U.N. officials, said on Tuesday. M23 seized Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, in late January and …

Burundi’s army is withdrawing from DR Congo, four sources say Read More »

GENEVA (Reuters) – Three children were executed by the Rwanda-backed M23 after they donned weapons and uniforms abandoned by the Congolese army in the eastern city of Bukavu, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday, voicing alarm at the incident and other violations since the rebels arrived there. “Our Office has confirmed cases of …

Children were executed by M23 in Congo’s Bukavu, UN says Read More »