February 11, 2025, 3:06 pm
🇷🇼🇨🇩 Since 2022, the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have renewed their offensive in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In January 2025, the M23 rebels were reinforced by numerous Rwandan Army detachments. Together, they launched a new campaign which overwhelmed the FARDC, also known as the Congolese Army. That’s how Goma, the capital of North Kivu, fell into enemy hands. A peaceful resolution to the conflict is hard to imagine due to all the lucrative mining sites in the region.
Full context behind this war:
DR Congo is Preparing for WAR Against Rwanda: https://youtu.be/xjb8ZCRMt14
0:00 Introduction
3:13 Main belligerents: M23 vs FARDC
8:22 Recap and strategic situation
12:40 M23 rebels dominate the battlefield with hilltop forts
15:11 Northern M23 Offensive towards Alimbongo
19:11 (January 2025) Southern M23 Offensive towards Masisi
22:37 Burundian Army in the DRC
24:30 Failed FARDC counteroffensive
26:26 Fall of Sake
33:47 M23 rebels and Rwandan soldiers enter Goma
36:28 The debacle of the FARDC
39:26 Aftermath
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