🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- BREAKING: M23 have launched a large-scale offensive south, with fighting ongoing in Kalungu, Lake Kivu direction, eastern DR Congo.
The offensive was confirmed by Steve Wembi, DR Congo armed forces, FARDC, military journalist. Wembi believes the objective of the new M23 offensive is the strategic city of Nyabibwe, which if captured, can then be used by M23 to launch an attack on Bukavu.
🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- BREAKING: M23 have launched a large-scale offensive south, with fighting ongoing in Kalungu, Lake Kivu direction, eastern DR Congo.
The offensive was confirmed by Steve Wembi, DR Congo armed forces, FARDC, military journalist. Wembi believes the objective of the new M23 offensive is the strategic city of Nyabibwe, which if captured, can then be used by M23 to launch an attack on Bukavu.
BY Rerum Novarum // Intel, Breaking News, and Alerts
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