The UN warns of executions and sexual violence as the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 advances in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the city of Goma alone, several hundred people have been killed in the past week.
ConflictsIntensive diplomacy is underway to resolve the crisis in eastern Congo-Kinshasa. Several countries are now considering withdrawing their forces from the war-torn area, according to sources in South African media. At the same time, the M23 rebels are threatening to continue their offensive against the capital Kinshasa.
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