The day after M23 rebels seized the jap townof Kalembe, the Congolese army announced they had taken it back.
Nonetheless, the rebels claimed that they collected have control over Kalembe.
The M23’s incursion into town broke an Angola-mediated ceasefire agreed upon in August
Kalembe is positioned in North Kivu province, which has been particularly laborious hit for the reason that M23 team launched a renewed insurgency within the country’s east 2 years within the past.
Congo and the UN accuse neighbouring Rwanda of supporting the team – allegations that Kigali strongly denies.
Rwanda deems the Hutu extremist team FDLR in jap DRC a to be a hazard to its frontiers.
The M23 rebels, primarily restful of Tutsi fighters, haven swathes of territory in jap DRC after their offensive started 3 years within the past.
Hundreds of thousands have been forced from their homes because of this of the battling, which has also exacerbated a humanitarian disaster in North Kivu.
