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What we know about M23's new advance in DR Congo

A woman balances a sack of flour on her head as she crosses a road in Uvira on December 9, 2025.[AFP]

A Rwanda-backed militia late Wednesday seized control of most of the city of Uvira, the last government stronghold in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province.

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