The M23 rebel group consolidated control over the strategic town of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, residents said, as Kinshasa warned that the Rwanda-backed advance could derail U.

M23 fighters entered the key eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Uvira late on Tuesday, sources said, with thousands fleeing across the border into Burundi to escape the Rwanda-backed militia's latest advance.

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Burundian soldiers deployed to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo spend days shelling civilians, Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Thursday, highlighting Burundi’s military involvement in the conflict in South Kivu province. There was no immediate reaction from Burundi.

More than half a million people have now been uprooted by escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the UN said on Thursday, warning that the M23 rebel offensive is driving a rapidly worsening humanitarian emergency.

The M23 rebel group announced its takeover of Uvira, a key port city in eastern Congo, on Wednesday, following a rapid offensive that killed at least 400 people

More than 200,000 people have fled renewed fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in the past week, according to the United Nations, as rebels continue to advance just days after US President Donald Trump declared peace had been reached in the long-running conflict.

“The ICG urges the M23 and the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) to immediately halt their offensive operations in eastern DRC, in particular in South Kivu, and calls on the RDF to withdraw from eastern DRC and on M23 to return to its positions and uphold its commitments under the Declaration of Principles signed in Doha on 19 July 2025.

Streets were empty, shops shuttered and soldiers fled the eastern DR Congo city of Uvira on Wednesday, a day after a Rwanda-backed militia entered the strategic city's outskirts, prompting Burundi

The conflict has created one of the world’s most significant humanitarian crises, with more than seven million people displaced, officials say.