Rwanda-backed M23 capture another mineral-rich Congolese town
People hold a demonstration to denounce Rwanda's aggression in eastern of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Place des Nations In front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 14, 2025
RWANDA-backed M23 militia battling the Democratic Republic of Congo’s army captured another strategic town in the country’s mineral-rich east, residents and insurgents said on Thursday.
This comes despite ceasefire calls this week by the Congolese and Rwandan presidents.
The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January when the M23 militia advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma, followed by the town of Bukavu in February.
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