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Several months since fighting intensified in the east of the DRC the M23, supported by Rwandan forces and the Alliance du fleuve congo (AFC) (…)

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Civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are at increasing risk as the abusive M23 armed group, supported by the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), approaches Goma, the capital of North Kivu province,

Goma had fallen. The city’s control shifted to M23, a disciplined and battle-hardened force that had defied the odds and the demands of the UN Security Council, which had dismissed their grievances and called for their disarmament just hours earlier.

The Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 is battling Congolese government forces in Congo's key city of Goma, causing the international airport there to be evacuated. M23 is one of about 100 armed groups fighting for control in the mineral-rich region,