Rebels in Congo Extend Offensive to Border of Burundi, UN Says
- With thousands dead, violence could spread across the region
- Congo excoriates Security Council for not sanctioning Rwanda
M23 rebel troops at the Rusizi border post, joining the Congolese city of Bukavu with Cyangugu in Rwanda, on Feb. 16.
Photographer: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty Images
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Rwanda-backed rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have advanced southward, reaching Burundi’s border and bringing the central African region to the brink of war, the United Nations said.
M23 rebels continue to take new territory, seizing the town of Kamanyola on Tuesday at the intersection of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, according to Bintou Keita, the head of the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Congo.