According to the Congo Research Group report that accompanied the group's map, there were 20 armed groups in the region in 2008, while the map shows the areas of influence of nearly 70 such groups.

On June 27th the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo stood in the Oval Office next to Donald ...

Map of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo showing areas controlled by M23 rebels. Source: AEI Critical Threats Project. Latest area of control as of March 3, 2025.

Map locates the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa, and its eastern regional capital, Goma, in North Kivu, as well as the town of Saké, ten miles to the west of Goma. Goma is adjacent to the ...

Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the renowned armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major ...

The U.N. group of experts on Congo has documented links between gold buyers and armed groups in the region, but so far these buyers have not been sanctioned by the states where they operate.