M23 rebels capture town as scale of DRC fighting emerges | The World | ABC NEWS

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have reportedly seized control of a mining town in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in an apparent violation of a ceasefire the group had earlier declared. The scale of civilian harm is also starting to emerge in the city of Goma, where civilians were caught in the crossfire of gunfights last week. Queen Mary University of London senior lecturer in African history, Dr Reuben Loffman, tells The World's Girish Sawlani about the significance of M23 capturing that town.
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