We committed to advancing dialogue on eastern DRC and agreed to pursue the spirit of the ceasefire agreement,' says South Africa’s foreign minister - Anadolu Ajansı

The fall of Goma in North Kivu marks a temporary low point in eastern DRC’s decades-long turmoil.

In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid to put pressure on Rwanda to withdraw its support

The eastern DRC city of Goma was seized by M23 rebels and their Rwandan allies on 26 January. Residents have emerged to count the dead and make sense of the fast-moving offensive.

Rwanda is illegally occupying the Democratic Republic of Congo and attempting to orchestrate regime change, the country's foreign minister has told the BBC. Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner said this followed decades of impunity and failure to hold Rwandan President Paul Kagame accountable for violating international law.

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo on Friday, a day after pledging to take the capital Kinshasa and as international criticism mounted.

Fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and the Congolese army continued for a second day in Goma on Tuesday amid calls by African leaders for an immediate ceasefire.

The Belgian Cycling Federation has delayed its reconnaissance trip to Rwanda for this year's Road World Championships, amidst growing concerns about the event may have to be moved to a different location due to the rapidly developing conflict in the Goma region of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest city said on Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called for a massive military mobilisation to resist the rebellion and his defence minister rejected calls for talks.

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