Bukavu, DR Congo, Jan 19, 2025 (AFP) - M23 fighters seize DR Congo mining town: local sources

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2025-01-19

Fighters from the Rwanda-backed M23 movement seized control of a key mining settlement in Democratic Republic of Congo, their latest advance in the country's war-torn east, local sources said on Sunday. Residents told AFP by telephone that the armed group took control of Lumbishi, a mineral-rich site in the Sud-Kivu region, around 1530 GMT on Saturday. From there they were progressing towards Numbi and Shanje, two other locations in the surroundi......

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