Fighting erupts in eastern DRC marking an end to ceasefire; M23 take control of Kalembe

According to residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s north Kivu region, Fighting erupted early Sunday between M23 rebels and government-allied militia, leaving more than a dozen civilians wounded.

M23 then claimed they had seized the town of Kalembe.

The fighting marks the end to an Angola-mediated ceasefire deal between the Congolese army and the M23, a group allegedly supported by Rwanda, that was agreed in August.

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