Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized a strategic town in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east, a local official told AFP.
Kanyabayonga is home to more than 60,000 people as well as tens of thousands of people who have fled there in recent months.Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized a strategic town in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile east, a local official told AFP on Saturday.
Kanyabayonga lies on the northern front of the conflict in North Kivu province, which has been rocked by violence since 2021 when the M23 resumed its armed campaign in the region.Kanyabayonga is home to more than 60,000 people as well as tens of thousands of people who have fled there in recent months, driven from their homes by the advance of the rebels.
“They are going to reach Kinshasa, how far will we continue to flee?” the resident said, adding that the rebels are “promising us peace”.
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