DR Congo’s complex violence defies military operations, UN says
M23 rebels in Kibumba in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on December 23, 2022 when they met soldiers from a regional military force to hand over a strategic frontline position near the eastern city of Goma. PHOTO | GLODY MURHABAZI | AFP
There was hope last week that mounting violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo could ebb after the feared M23 group agreed to surrender territories to the East African Community Regional Forces (EACRF).
And for most parts of the year, including recently, the security threat was largely seen as caused by the M23.
