Congo-Kinshasa: Fresh Congo Fighting Threat to Regional Peace

A new wave of fierce fighting has broken out in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after the army, Forces Armee de la Republic Democratique du Congo (FARDC), carried out an early Monday morning attack on an M23 Movement base in the Eastern part of the country, sparking off a fresh war with the rebels.

The fighting is raging on in Muningi about 10km from the North Kivu capital city of Goma which has created fears that DR Congo President Joseph Kabila started the war with hopes that the UN Intervention Brigade which has since been stationed in Goma, will be forced to join in.

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