M23 rebels entrench their rule in east Congo even as Trump claims peace
Members of the M23 rebel group gather on their pick-up truck after recovering guns during a community street cleaning exercise, aimed at strengthening local solidarity conducted by members of the M23 rebels, following their takeover of Bukavu, eastern DRC on February 20, 2025.
Hundreds of men and women sat in rows in a wooden hall listening to the leader of Congo’s M23 rebellion at the end of a two-week re-education programme.
The rebel chief, Sultani Makenga, asked the students: Do they understand that only force can free their country from misrule by the government in Kinshasa?
