US EditionViolent clashes between DRC forces, M23 group near key city
Clashes erupted in multiple towns near Uvira as M23 renewed its offensive after seizing key cities, with six killed and 41 wounded in related North Kivu violence, local sources said.
- Violent fighting broke out between the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group and pro-Kinshasa forces near Uvira, with clashes reported in Kashombe, Lubanda, Musingwe, Katongo, and Kigongo.
- The M23's resurgence since 2021 has escalated into a December offensive, seizing Goma and Bukavu late last year and capturing Uvira on December 10.
- Residents reported hearing explosions and gunfire, with a resident saying "clashes resumed this morning, with loud explosions and gunfire," and Lieutenant Reagan Mbuyi Kalonji confirmed fighting in Kigongo, Katongo, and nearby hills.
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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the situation remains tense in several localities about ten kilometres south of the city of Uvira in the province of South Kivu. On Saturday, 3 January, the Congolese army, aided by the Wazalendo, to AFC/M23, allied with the Twirwaneho group, and supported by Rwanda according to various UN reports, fought in Kigongo and other outlying localities; detonations were heard as far as Uvira.
While fighting in South Kivu between the anti-government group M23, supported by Rwanda, and pro-Kinshasa forces in several localities around the strategic city of Uvira, in North Kivu, Masisi was hit by an army bombardment and ADF rebels attacked three villages.
The fighting is between the armed group M23, supported by Rwanda, and the pro-Kinshasa forces.
The ADF, supported by the Islamic State (IS), has carried out attacks on three villages in eastern DR Congo.
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