Goma, DR Congo: The Democratic Republic of Congo deployed two warplanes against advancing M23 militants on Thursday (Friday in Manila) in the country's volatile east, sources said, after a regional bloc called for rebels to disarm.
Tanks and two fighter jets targeted rebel positions in the town of Kibumba at noon, according to a resident who spoke to Agence France-Presse (AFP) via telephone from the region's main city Goma.
An escort of Kenyan and Congolese military personnel stands guard at the airport in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta lands on Nov. 15, 2022 (November 16 in Manila). Kenyatta, appointed facilitator by the Community of East African States for negotiations with Congolese armed groups for their surrender, arrived on Nov. 14, 2022 in eastern DR Congo's main city of Goma, as fresh clashes with M23 rebels occurred just to the north, sending thousands fleeing. Troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo were battling M23 fighters in Kibumba, 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Goma, security officials and local residents said. AFP PHOTO
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