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The rebel group continues to defy demands for a withdrawal.Fresh clashes with March 23 Movement (M23) rebels erupted on April 12th near the eastern city of Goma, according to officials, rupturing weeks of relative calm in the troubled region. A Tutsi‐led group, the M23 has won a string of victories against the army and enemy militias since re‐emerging from dormancy in late 2021, capturing swathes of Nord Kivu province. The group triggered a humanitarian crisis as it closed in on the provincial capital Goma, a trade hub of over one million people. DR Congo accuses its smaller neighbour Rwanda of backing the M23, something the United States, several other Western countries and independent UN experts agree with, but which Kigali denies.Armed men claiming to be Congolese patriots attacked M23 positions near Kibumba, about 20km north of Goma, according to an army official who requested anonymity. M23 fighters repulsed the attack and the army later arrested the assailants, the army official added. Lieutenant‐Colonel Guillaume Ndjike, spokesman for the military governor of North Kivu province, said the army had arrested 59 armed men, known locally as “wazalendo”, before parading them in front of the media.He said the men were “acting on
Africa Research Bulletin Political Social and Cultural Series – Wiley
Published: May 1, 2023
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