Troops in the DR Congo clashed with M23 rebels north of the key eastern city of Goma on Sunday, officials said, in the latest violence to hit the troubled region.
Army sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the military was engaging the M23 in Mwaro, a village about 20 kilometres north of Goma.A mostly Congolese Tutsi group, the M23 has recently surged across the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, capturing swathes of territory.
The rebel group's resurgence has cratered relations between the DRC and its smaller neighbour Rwanda, which Kinshasa accuses of backing the M23.
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