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‘Nowhere to go’: people trapped in eastern DRC as rebel militia seize key town

‘Nowhere to go’: people trapped in eastern DRC as rebel militia seize key town

Rwandan-backed rebels seize Kanyabayonga, says official, already home to thousands driven from their homes by conflict

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized a strategic town in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile east, a local official said.

“Kanyabayonga has been in the hands of the M23 since Friday evening,” the administrative official said, under condition of anonymity.

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