M23 fighters press locals into east DRC city clean-up

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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the M23, supported by the Rwandan army, progressed towards Uvira, the second city in South Kivu, the inhabitants of Bukavu participated on Thursday 20 February in a "special salongo", an operation to clean up the streets, to evacuate, among other things, the rubbish of the recent lootings a week ago. This is in fact community work carried out in various neighbourhoods to restore the image of their city…

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M23 fighters press locals into east DRC city clean-up

M23 fighters press locals into east DRC city clean-up Vusi.Bafetane Thu, 02/20/2025 - 19:14 GOMA - Gun-toting M23 fighters on Thursday watched on as requisitioned locals cleaned up streets in the eastern DR Congo city of Bukavu seized by the Rwanda-backed group.The M23 took control of the South Kivu provincial capital on Sunday, just weeks after capturing North Kivu's main city Goma and months of steady advances in the Democratic Republic of Co…