DR Congo rebels seize trading hub on Ugandan border

File Photo: Congolese women at the border crossing with Uganda at Bunagana in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. AFP

What you need to know:

  • A humanitarian source on the ground said that heavy clashes broke out again on Sunday morning and the only way out for the embattled DRC troops was to cross into Uganda.
  • The M23, a primarily Congolese Tutsi militia, is one of more than 120 armed groups active in eastern DRC.