He was then forced to take part in an interview with the spokesperson of the M23 - the armed group behind his detention - before eventually being released ... city seized by the M23 in January 2025.
En 2021, le M23, soutenu par le Rwanda et l’un des plus de 100 groupes armés présents dans le pays, a relancé son offensive à l’est, provoquant le déplacement de plus de 1,6 million de personnes.
In 2021, the Rwanda-backed M23 — one of more than 100 armed groups in the country — resumed an offensive in the east, causing the mass displacement of more than 1.6 million people.
MONUSCO, the UN's peacekeeping mission in DR Congo, has hailed progress after Kinshasa and rival M23 rebels agreed to ease humanitarian aid deliveries and release prisoners within 10 days, following talks last week in Switzerland....
The Congolese military accused AFC/M23 rebels and the Rwandan army Sunday of attacking its positions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as talks were held in Switzerland... The M23 rebels have been at the center of the conflict in eastern Congo.
The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and rival M23 rebels have agreed to ease aid deliveries and release prisoners, as mediators push to resolve a years-long conflict that has persisted despite multiple peace deals.
Reports indicate it follows a US-brokered peace agreement signed in December, which failed to stop M23’s advances into eastern Congo... M23 has seized territory across eastern DRC in recent years, with multiple reports indicating Rwandan backing.