Kinshasa, Jan 19, 2026 (AFP) - Congolese army retakes strategic DRC city after M23 withdrawal

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2026-01-19

The Congolese army said Monday it had retaken control of the strategic city of Uvira after the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group withdrew. M23, an anti?government group, launched an offensive in early December in South Kivu province in eastern DRC and seized Uvira, a city of several hundred thousand people on the border with Burundi, just after the DRC and Rwanda signed a peace agreement overseen by US President Donald Trump. On December 17, the arme......

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