M23 Armed forces have taken control of Uvira in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as gunfire rang out, prompting residents to flee with their belongings.

The surge in violence comes days after a peace deal was signed in the United States between Rwanda and the DRC.

It aimed at ending decades of conflict in the eastern Congo.

The United Nations say 200-thousand people have fled their homes with dozens killed and wounded from the escalating clashes in recent days.

Lulu Gaboo spoke to Patrice Majondo Mwamba, a former Presidential Candidate from the DRC and polticial analyst, Didier Bayeye...

M23 Armed forces have taken control of Uvira in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as gunfire rang out, prompting residents to flee with their belongings.
The surge in violence comes days after a peace deal was signed in the United States between Rwanda and the DRC.
It aimed at ending decades of conflict in the eastern Congo.
The United Nations say 200-thousand people have fled their homes with dozens killed and wounded from the escalating clashes in recent days.
Lulu Gaboo spoke to Patrice Majondo Mwamba, a former Presidential Candidate from the DRC and polticial analyst, Didier Bayeye...

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