DR Congo army and M23 rebels clash near densely populated eastern towns

Renewed fighting between Democratic Republic of Congo's army and M23 rebels broke out on Sunday around a densely populated town in eastern North Kivu province, where the rebels are waging an insurgency, the army and M23 said. The Tutsi-led M23 have been waging a fresh insurgency in the vast central African country's militia-plagued east since 2022. Congo authorities, the United Nations, the United States and other Western governments have accused Rwanda of backing the group. Rwanda denies the accusations...