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M23 says hundreds of Burundi soldiers captured in latest Congo offensive
M23 captured hundreds of Burundian soldiers and the strategic town of Uvira in eastern DRC, displacing over 200,000 people since early December, amid ongoing regional tensions.
- On Dec 15, Patrick Busu Bwa Ngwi said M23 captured hundreds of Burundian soldiers and offered to return them if Burundi requests it.
- Last week the AFC/M23 entered Uvira, South Kivu province , defying the Washington Accords and said it would conditionally withdraw as a trust-building measure for the Doha peace framework.
- According to United Nations OCHA, more than 200,000 people have been displaced in South Kivu since December 2, over 40,000 Congolese fled into Burundi in a week, and Medecins Sans Frontieres suspended operations in Baraka on Friday.
- Regional diplomats warned the fragile balance between Kinshasa, Rwanda, and Burundi risks wider conflict as United Nations experts report M23 is supported by up to 7,000 Rwandan troops while Rwanda denies backing.
- The Trump administration hopes a peace deal will unlock Western investment in eastern Congo's mines, while the DRC fears M23 targeting Katanga's copper and cobalt deposits, critical to global cobalt supply.
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Rebels announce withdrawal from Uvira in DRC
The rebels, who seized the city on December 10 amid international condemnation for violating the peace agreements, presented the decision as a confidence-building measure intended to support the Doha peace process, according to a statement. “Given these events, and despite the persistent provocations and abuses by the DRC Armed Forces and their allies, the AFC/M23 has decided to initiate a unilateral confidence-building measure to give the Doha …
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