Earlier this year, M23 seized Goma and Bukavu, two key cities in eastern DRC, in a major escalation of the years-long conflict.

Neighboring Burundi closed the border as rebels entered the city. M23 fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo launched the latest advance amid the signing of a supposed peace accord in Washington.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have ramped up their offensive on Uvira, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The city risks falling, and the offensive could trigger a regional escalation.

From left: US President Donald Trump, President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi hold a signed document during a signing ceremony at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, US, December 4, 2025.

About 200,000 people have fled their homes in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent days, the United Nations says, as Rwanda-backed rebels swarm a strategic town just days after a United States-led peace effort,

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