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At Least Nine Dead in Congo Drone Strike that Killed Rebel ...

Summary by Africa News
Sources have told various press agencies that the drone strike near the Rubaya mining site on 24 February that killed M23 military spokesperson Willy Ngoma also killed nine other people. It however missed the movement's military commander.

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Some Burundian officials and social media users have celebrated the death of AFC/M23 Military Spokesperson, Lt. Col. Willy Ngoma, spending the night in bars drinking beer and wine. Lt. Col. Willy Ngoma, a well-known fighter for a better Congo, was killed in a drone strike by the Congolese army, FARDC, in the Rubaya area. Willy Ngoma’s death has shocked many who want Rwandan-speaking Congolese to have lasting peace, but it has certainly pleased t…

DRC: after the death of Willy Ngoma and the resumption of fighting in Masisi, can the ceasefire still hold? Media image PMaki Thu 26/02/26 - 10:01 Corps The death of the AFC/M23 military spokesman, Willy Ngoma, killed on Tuesday 24 February during a drone strike attributed to the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), intervenes in a context where the official cease-fire in force a

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Reuters broke the news in United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
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