'Total desolation': Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seize key town in east DRC, says official
M23 soldiers leave Rumangabo camp after the meeting between EACRF officials and M23 rebels in eastern DRC on 6 January 2023.
The town of Kanyabayonga lies on the northern front of the conflict in the North Kivu province, which has been rocked by violence since 2021 when the M23 resumed its armed campaign in the region. The town is considered a pathway to Butembo and Beni in the north, strongholds of the Nande tribe and major commercial centres.The town is in the Lubero territory, the fourth territory in the North Kivu province that the group has entered after Rutshuru, Nyiragongo and Masisi.
A journalist told AFP that she had seen four dead bodies in the town, two soldiers and two civilians, although a youth leader in the town described the situation as calm"for the moment".
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