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DR Congo conflict advances as UN calls for peace

A M23 soldier (C) talks with prospective recruits to be enrolled in the armed group controlled police, at a police station in Goma on February 6, 2025. [AFP]

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continued its advance Thursday through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and looked poised to seize a strategic town, as United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called for peace.

After capturing Goma, the main city in North Kivu province, last week, the M23 and Rwandan troops launched a new offensive on Wednesday in neighbouring South Kivu province.

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