M23 rebel retreat a ‘sham’, DR Congo army says

DR CONGO, 26 December 2022, (TON): DR Congo’s army called an M23 rebel withdrawal from a strategic town near the eastern city of Goma a sham, saying the militia is reinforcing its positions elsewhere.

The M23 group has conquered swaths of territory in North Kivu province in recent months and advanced to within a few dozen kilometres of Goma.

Under heavy international pressure to lay down arms, the Tutsi-led rebels took part in a ceremony Friday to deliver the town of Kibumba to an East African military force recently deployed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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