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    M23 rebels seize key eastern DRC town of Minova

    4 days ago · M23 rebels have seized the town of Minova in eastern DR Congo, a key supply route for the provincial capital Goma, authorities said. The provincial governor of South Kivu, Jean-Jacques Purusi, on ...

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    M23 rebels in eastern Congo seize Minova, a town on …

    4 days ago · M23 rebels seized the town of Minova in eastern Congo, a key supply route for the provincial capital Goma, authorities said Tuesday, leading to a mass exodus of people in the face of a new ...

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    Congo rebels seize eastern town on critical supply route

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    DR Congo conflict: Rwanda-backed M23 rebels capture Minova

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    M23 rebels in eastern Congo seize a town on a key supply route

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    Did M23 capture Minova and Bweremana?
    Congo’s military said in a statement Tuesday that the rebels made “breakthroughs” in Minova and Bweremana. It did not confirm if M23 captured the towns. M23, or the March 23 Movement, is a militant group composed of ethnic Tutsis who broke away from the Congolese army just over a decade ago.

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    What does M23 want from Congo?
    Most observers say M23 wants land and Congo’s valuable rare minerals such as coltan, a metallic ore used to produce tantalum, which is in smartphones and laptops. Last April, M23 seized mines in Rubaya — one of the world’s biggest sources of coltan.

    Rebels Backed by Rwanda Close In on Major City in Congo

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    Are M23 rebels trying to establish a long-term presence in Congo?
    But many Congolese see the rebel advance as an invasion of their country by a foreign power. Now equipped with high-tech weapons, according to a recent U.N. report, M23 rebels are trying to establish a long-term presence in the region.

    Rebels Backed by Rwanda Close In on Major City in Congo

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    Did M23 capture Goma?
    It did not confirm if M23 captured the towns. M23, or the March 23 Movement, is a militant group composed of ethnic Tutsis who broke away from the Congolese army just over a decade ago. The group rose to prominence in 2012 when its fighters seized Goma, the capital of North Kivu province and eastern Congo’s largest city, on the border with Rwanda.

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    How many DR Congo patients did the M23 have?
    "Between the 1 and 21 of December we saw 100 patients (and) between the 1 and 20 January we had 211 patients," Myriam Favier, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in North Kivu province, told AFP. Since 2021, the M23 have periodically been fighting and taken control of vast swathes of eastern DR Congo.

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    Is M23 fighting for Congo's Tutsis?
    It has been going on since the 1990s, and has involved dozens of armed groups, of which M23 is currently dominant. Rwanda claims M23 is fighting for the rights of Congo’s Tutsis — the ethnic group targeted by extremists from Rwanda’s Hutu majority in the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 people were killed.

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    Rebels Backed by Rwanda Close In on Major City in …

    2 days ago · On Tuesday, M23 captured Minova, a key town along one of Goma’s main supply routes. ... Most observers say M23 wants land and Congo’s valuable rare minerals such as coltan, a metallic ore used ...

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    DR Congo conflict: Rwanda-backed M23 rebels capture …

    4 days ago · Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken over the key eastern trading town of Minova, according to various sources. The fall of the city puts the rebels within 40km ...

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    2 days ago · Recent fighting in the village of Bweremana north of Minova claimed at least 10 lives and triggered mass displacement toward Kalehe, Goma and Rusayo, leaving more than 250,000 people displaced, the UN peacekeeping …

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    Congo rebels seize eastern town on critical supply route

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