The South African Defence Force confirmed four more of its troops have died, bringing the number lost in the rebel advance on Goma to 13
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“The unauthorised presence of the Rwanda Defence Forces in eastern DRC is in violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the DRC.” “Furthermore, the SANDF is also saddened to announce that one of our members who was injured during the battle with M23 rebels over the past three days later succumbed to injuries.”
Rwanda has denied backing the lighting offensive, despite reports that it poured soldiers across the border to help M23 capture the capital of North Kivu province.
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