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UN brief warns M23 advance risks wider war in Great Lakes region
Summary
A Security Council briefing warned that recent advances by the M23 rebel group, including the capture of Goma and Bukavu, raise the risk of a regional war and called for an immediate ceasefire, renewed political dialogue and a coordinated regional response anchored in existing agreements.
Mister Xiao, a briefing speaker to the Security Council, told council members that the situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has deteriorated rapidly and now risks triggering a wider regional conflict.
He said the M23 rebel group "stormed the city of Goma" in January and, "after only 3 weeks, M23 now controls Bukavu," and warned that the group was advancing toward other strategic areas in North and South Kivu. "The risk of a regional conflagration is more real today than ever before," he said.
The briefing stressed why the situation matters: if hostilities spread, the humanitarian, human rights and security consequences would be severe across the Great Lakes region. Xiao pointed to recent…
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