Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seize key town in east DRC: official
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Kanyabayonga, DR Congo:Rwandan backed M23 rebels have seized a strategic town in the Democratic Republic of Congo s volatile east, a local official to...
Kanyabayonga, DR Congo: 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 has been in the hands of the M23 since Friday evening," the administrative official said under condition of anonymity.
Kanyabayonga lies on the northern front of the conflict in North Kivu province, which has been rocked by violence since 2021 when the M23 (March 23 Movement) resumed its armed campaign in the region.
The town is considered a pathway to the major commercial centres of Butembo and Beni in the north.
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.
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