GNV News March 30, 2025

Since the beginning of 2025, the conflict in the DRC has seen many significant changes in both the war situation and negotiations. M23, the DRC's largest rebel group, along with Rwandan forces, made significant advances in eastern DRC, taking control of Goma and Bukavu, the region's largest cities; in March, M23 captured the mineral-rich town of Warikale and later announced it would withdraw, but it has remained, taking positions inreinforceThe company is doing so.

Also in the peace process, peace negotiations between the DRC government and M23 were scheduled to begin on March 18 under the mediation of Angola, but shortly before the start, M23 announced that it would not participate. Since then, Qatar has been directly mediating between the governments of the DRC and Rwanda, and theclearand the two governments met on March 18 and 28. Accordingly, Angola declined to mediate the dispute andannouncementThe first time, the company was in a position to do so.

Meanwhile, on March 13, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional organization, decided to withdraw thousands of troops it had sent to stabilize the situation in the DRC. This force will be in the DRC since the beginning of 2025.14 peopleSADC and M23 have reached an agreement for withdrawal.

Burundi, which had sent troops to support the DRC government, also withdrew in February.announcementHowever, Uganda, which is still in conflict with Rwanda, still has thousands of troops stationed in the DRC. There are fears of further escalation of the regional conflict.

Learn more about the background of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo → "A Tragedy Unknown to the World: The Democratic Republic of the Congo"

Soldiers of the Democratic Republic of Congo army in training (Photo:MONUSCO Photos / Flickr [CC BY-SA 2.0])