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Published on: 01/02/2025 | 00:00:00
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U.N. Spokesman: 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in Goma and the vicinity. The rebels were now about 60 kilometres from South Kivu’s provincial capital of Buakavu. M23 has captured several towns after seizing neighbouring Gomau. France circulated a draft Security Council resolution to all 15 members on Friday. The M23 group is the most potent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control in Congo’s mineral-rich east. They are backed by around 4,000 troops from neighbouring Rwanda, according to U.N. Experts. Congolese forces have also been accused of sexual violence as fighting rages on in the region. An attack by the rebels in Kalehe territory on Thursday was repelled by security forces, Lt. Gen. Pacifique Masunzu says. U.N. Spokesman: the United Nations has about 1,200 international and national staff and dependents in Bukavu. Peacekeeping force in the city continues to grapple with unexploded ordnance. “We are going to struggle until we restore democracy,” says one of M23’s political leaders.
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