Goma, DR Congo, March 20, 2025 (AFP) - M23 fighters seize key DR Congo town despite ceasefire bid

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2025-03-20

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has taken control of the mining hub of Walikale in DR Congo, local sources said Thursday, despite attempts to broker a ceasefire this week. The seizure of the town of around 60,000 people late on Wednesday marks the farthest west the anti-government group has advanced into the interior of the Democratic Republic of Congo since it emerged in 2012. It comes just after Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his R......

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