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M23 militia accused of causing mass displacement in eastern DR Congo
People who were displaced by the fighting between M23 rebels and government soldiers leave their camp following an instruction by M23 rebels in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, February 11, 2025
RWANDA-backed militia controlling cities in eastern Congo have forcibly closed settlement camps, leading to the displacement of more than 110,000 people in recent days, the United Nations and locals said on Tuesday.
The M23 militia — the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control of Congo’s mineral-rich east — captured Goma, the region’s largest city, in late January in a major escalation of the years-long conflict with government forces.
The rebels’ advance into Goma has killed at least 2,000 people in and around the city, Congolese authorities said.
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