Who are the M23 rebels and why is there fighting in eastern DRC?

The militia has made new territorial gains in a country that has one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises

The armed group M23 and Rwandan soldiers entered the centre of Goma on Sunday night after weeks of advancing on the main city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province. The advance risks sparking a broader war between Rwanda and DRC and has intensified a humanitarian crisis in the province.

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