Goma, DR Congo, Jan 31, 2025 (AFP) - Rwanda-backed M23 advances in DRC as volunteers rally to fight back

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2025-01-31

After seizing the biggest city in eastern DR Congo, the Rwandan-backed armed group M23 was advancing south through a neighbouring province on Friday, as young men volunteered to fight against it alongside the struggling Congolese army. The group took Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, after intense fighting earlier this week and has vowed to march all the way to the capital Kinshasa. The weeks-long offensive has marked a dramatic escalatio......

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