M23 consolidates control of DR Congo city, bodies in streets

A young farmer takes shelter from the rain in a former hotel in Ruvunda that was bombed by a Congolese army drone in December 2023 on the suspicion that was used as a position by the M23 rebel group, in Mushaki on November 12, 2025.[AFP]

M23 fighters combed the streets of Uvira in eastern DR Congo Thursday to flush out remaining enemy combatants a day after taking over strategic parts of the eastern city near Burundi, security and local sources said.