Field Coverage

Fighting Between Rebels and Armed Forces Intensifies in Eastern DRC

27 July 2012

Fighting between the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) and the rebel group known as M23 has intensified in Rutshuru Territory of North Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The rebels are reported to have gained control of several towns, and to be getting closer to the North Kivu capital Goma.
Residents of Rutshuru Territory flee their homes to seek safety in Goma.

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