DR Congo rebels meet regional force to hand over strategic town
The Tutsi-led group has conquered swaths of territory in North Kivu province in recent months and advance to within a few dozen kilometres of Goma
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The Tutsi-led group has conquered swaths of territory in North Kivu province in recent months and advance to within a few dozen kilometres of Goma
The M23 rebels have announced their withdrawal from a strategic front-line position in Kibumba on Friday. The rebel group has vowed to exit from the territory they had seized in eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The rebel group was about 20 kilometres from Goma, encompassing a commercial epicentre for over one million people. Congolese troops and M23 were on opposite sides of Kibumba, where the front line lies on a prime highway leading to the city.
Experts said there was evidence the Rwandan army intervened in Congo's fight against M23 rebels
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DR Congo's M23 rebels, who have seized swathes of territory in the east of the country, pledged Friday to retreat from a strategic frontline position near the city of Goma.