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A women cries after her child died after there were explosions at the end of a M23 movement meeting in Bukavu on February 27, 2025.[AFP]
The United Nations has authorised the evacuation of families of its international staff from Burundi following violence in DR Congo, according to a letter seen by AFP Friday.
The Rwanda-backed M23 group has in recent weeks seized two major cities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), giving the armed group a major foothold in the mineral-rich region since taking up arms again in late 2021.
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