Congo on Thursday banned the Qatari news network Al Jazeera over its interview with Bertrand Bisimwa, the leader of M23, a violent rebel group that has seized territory in the region, the Associated ...
Congo’s regular army, which is riddled with corruption, has been no match for M23, though it is propped up by a ragtag bunch of local militias known as Wazalendo, a Swahili word meaning ...
according to army spokesman Lt. Col. MaK Hazukay. Security forces have been fighting more than 120 rebel groups in the mineral-rich region for years. Congo lifted a more than 20-year moratorium on ...