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The town fell to M23 forces overnight from Thursday to Friday, marking a significant gain for the rebel group in their push toward South Kivu’s capital, Bukavu.
“The M23 rebels are advancing toward Bukavu, that’s their end goal,” said a local leader who preferred anonymity to speak freely to ChimpReports.
At least 773 people have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) largest city of Goma and its vicinity in a week, amid fighting with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who captured the city in a serious escalation of a decade-long conflict, authorities said.
“These figures remain provisional because the rebels asked the population to clean the streets of Goma. There should be mass graves and the Rwandans took care to evacuate theirs,” Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya told a briefing on Saturday in capital Kinshasa, adding that the death toll could be higher.
At least 40 farmers were killed in an attack by Islamic militants in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, a government official said Monday.
The attack Sunday was suspected to have been carried out by extremists from the Boko Haram group and its breakaway faction that is loyal to the Islamic State group in Borno’s Dumba community, said Borno state Gov. Babagana Umara Zulum.
Sudan’s army said on Saturday it had entered the central city of Wad Madani and was pushing out its paramilitary rivals the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a step which if completed successfully would be its biggest gain in near two years of war.
The army posted a video appearing to show troops inside the city, which is the capital of El Gezira state, an agricultural and trading hub that has been held by the RSF since December 2023.
The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), backed by local defense allies known as the Wazalendo, have mounted a significant counter-offensive aimed at recapturing Masisi-center from M23 rebels.
Heavy fighting erupted early Wednesday, with both light and heavy weapons fire reported around Kahongole Hill—a strategic vantage point that overlooks the administrative capital of Masisi Territory.