Analysis-Rise of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in Congo harder to stop this time


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  • Tuesday, 28 Jan 2025

FILE PHOTO: Colleta Nzabonipa, 54, sits among other internally displaced people who fled from various camps following fighting between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, January 26, 2025. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - After three years on the run from the Rwandan-backed M23 insurgency in eastern Congo, on Sunday, with the rebels fighting their way into Goma's city outskirts, Colleta Nzambonimpa found herself in church with nowhere left to turn.

"I pray that God strengthens our soldiers," Nzambonimpa, 54, told Reuters. "My prayer is for M23 to be defeated and leave Goma."

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