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Congo Eye @congoeye.com · 14/12/2025
Willy Ngoma is the M23 military spokesman, and poses in imagery of places M23 occupies. His presence inevitably inspires discourse from pro-Congolese government social media posters that he is Photoshopped into a location. In Uvira, he took a photo outside the mayor's office: x.com/i/status/199...
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Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala on X: "#RDC: La ville stratégique d’Uvira, chef-lieu provisoire du Sud-Kivu depuis la chute de Bukavu en février dernier, est tombée ce mercredi aux mains des rebelles de l’Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) sans résistance majeure, marquant une avancée fulgurante dans l’offensive qui https://t.co/5Wwpp0Z01N" / X
#RDC: La ville stratégique d’Uvira, chef-lieu provisoire du Sud-Kivu depuis la chute de Bukavu en février dernier, est tombée ce mercredi aux mains des rebelles de l’Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) sans résistance majeure, marquant une avancée fulgurante dans l’offensive qui https://t.co/5Wwpp0Z01N
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Congo Eye @congoeye.com · 14/12/2025
On December 8, 2025 a video allegedly from the city of Sange started circulating on X. Lawrence Kanyuka of M23 alleged it showed the result of a firefight between FARDC and Wazalendo. We will refer to this as the M23 video. Note that this video is graphic. x.com/LawrenceKany...
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Congo Eye @congoeye.com · 14/12/2025
CongoEye is evaluating many images and videos from M23's offensive push to Uvira. We have completed the following verifications and due to dis/misinformation, are publishing them now. This is the first of three threads.
A street with a motorbike in the foreground and a heavy army-green truck entering the left frame.
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Congo Eye @congoeye.com · 02/12/2025
Welcome to CongoEye’s first open-source monitoring summary, a report on interesting finds on social media about the Democratic Republic of Congo. These are items which may be too small to be covered in international or Congolese media, but can be verified or enhanced with open-source reporting.
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Congo Eye @congoeye.com · 01/02/2025
Three of us spent time with Bellingcat to talk about the difficulties of verifying open-source information in Congo, background of the Kivu conflict, and what we're looking out for in the coming days.
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Congo Eye @congoeye.com · 29/01/2025
We’re honored to collaborate with Bellingcat for another article‒this time about the recent assault on Goma.
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Congo Eye @congoeye.com · 25/01/2025
We are following the deteriorating situation around Goma and collecting information from: -Sake/Nzulo axis -Kibumba/Kanyamahoro axis -Minova peninsula -Goma City -Lubero territory -Other areas currently under M23 control Please message us with any media. Signal and WhatsApp are also available.
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Congo Eye @congoeye.com · 10/12/2024
CongoEye is proud to have our first article published by Bellingcat. With Bellingcat, we examined photos and videos taken during Moise Katumbi’s march in Kindu, Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on November 28 of 2023.
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