DR Congo: 130 Dead in Clashes Between Army, Rebels

Publisher:
Agence France Presse
Publication Date:
15 July 2013
Tags:
Conflict, Peace and Security, Congo-Kinshasa

At least 130 people were killed, including 10 soldiers, in the deadliest clashes in months between troops and rebels in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Fierce fighting broke out on Sunday outside the flashpoint city of Goma between the Congolese army and the M23 rebels, an armed group launched by Tutsi former soldiers who mutinied in April 2012.



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