M23 rebel group
The Africa Report: 13 November
EWN’s Africa correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports on the day’s top African news
The rebel group agreed to down arms earlier this week at a summit in Pretoria.
The declaration was issued hours after government forces drove the rebels out of their redoubts.
An SA defence analyst has expressed concern for SA troops in the DRC after heavy clashes.
The leader of the M23 rebel group says they are declaring a ceasefire.
The DRC’s Lambert Mende says the M23 rebel group is trying to buy time around peace talks.
DRC government and M23 rebels are said to sign a peace deal on 15 March.
UN have threatened to stop working with Congo army units following allegations of rape.
19 men arrested for plotting a coup in the DRC were allegedly in SA to receive military training.
The Special Task Force has been praised following the arrest of DRC “rebels” in Limpopo.
Rebels and government in the DRC exchanged harsh words on Tuesday ending hopes that peace talks will resume.
The DRC’s Goma is now back under government control after rebels withdrew on Monday.
Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have started withdrawing from captured towns.
Congo M23 rebels say they will pull out of Goma to ‘liberate’ the whole country.
The arrival of M23 rebels in the DRC’s city Goma puts 200,000 children at risk.
Uganda says it will withdraw its forces after the UN accused it of supporting Congolese rebels.