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SADC withdraws regional force from eastern DRC amid M23 advance

M23 rebels

M23 rebels sit on a truck during the escort of captured FDLR members (not pictured) to Rwanda for repatriation, at the Goma-Gisenyi Grande Barrier border crossing on March 1, 2025.

Photo credit: Reuters

By  Nation. Africa

What you need to know:

  • At least 20 soldiers from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi were killed when the M23 rebels seized the eastern DRC city of Goma in January. 
  • The SADC Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC) was first deployed on December 15, 2023 and its mandate was only renewed in November last month. 

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