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DR Congo's Tshisekedi says troops mounting 'vigorous' response to M23 advance

A member of the M23 armed group monitors as men believed to be Romanian military contractors line up near the border post crossing into Rwanda in Goma on January 29, 2025. [AFP]

DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi insisted Wednesday that his troops were mounting a "vigorous" military response as Rwanda-backed fighters advanced in the east of the country.

The weeks-long march of the M23 armed group, which has captured vast swathes of eastern DRC including most of the key city of Goma, has prompted calls for crisis talks and warnings of a looming humanitarian crisis.

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