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Eleven killed after explosions at M23 rally in Bukavu

M23

Members of the M23 rebel group on January 30, 2025. The group's leaders said they are still committed to “a negotiated solution” to ending the war.

Photo credit: Reuters

What you need to know:

  • The details on the cause of explosions were still scanty but the government of the DRC was already trading accusations with the rebels. Kinshasa promptly accused a ‘foreign army’ of rocking the rally with bombs while the M23 accused the government of plotting the explosives.

At least 11 people died after explosions rocked a rally organised by an alliance involving M23 rebel leaders in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The details on the cause of explosions were still scanty but the government of the DRC was already trading accusations with the rebels. Kinshasa promptly accused a ‘foreign army’ of rocking the rally with bombs while the M23 accused the government of plotting the explosives.