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Rwanda-backed M23 advances in DRC as volunteer's rally to fight back

Residents chant slogas while holding banners during a protest against the Congolese government and expressing support for the M23 armed group in Goma on January 31, 2025.[AFP]

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo, with queues of young men volunteering to defend a provincial capital on Friday.

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