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@kfm Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:23:08

Congo army runaways loot and sow panic in North Kivu town

By Reuters The Congolese army called on deserters to rejoin their units on Thursday, as rogue soldiers fired guns and looted parts of the eastern town of Lubero after fleeing nearby clashes with advancing Rwandan-backed rebels. The unrest points to mounting disarray within the Congolese armed forces in the face of the M23 rebel group’s ongoing offensive, which has captured eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s two largest cities and stoked fears of a wider war. A statement from a military spokesperson for operations in North Kivu province ordered runaway soldiers around Lubero to return to their posts within 12 hours and called on all soldiers to refrain from theft and other illegal acts. Fighting with the M23 has continued outside […]

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