Democratic Republic of Congo DRC soldiers and combatants from a pro-government militia have re-entered the eastern town of Uvira, residents said on Monday, just over a month after it fell to Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in a blow to peace efforts mediated by the Trump administration.
M23 entered Uvira, an important base for the DRC army near the border with Burundi, on December 10, days after the central African countrys President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan leader Paul Kagame met President Donald Trump in Washington and reaffirmed a United States-brokered peace deal.
The capture marked the rebels biggest gains in months, fueling fears of regional spillover from fighting that has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands in the last year.
