It is also a swift expansion of the alliance’s foothold across swathes of eastern DR Congo – where rare minerals crucial to the production of phones and computers are mined – and is likely to worsen a long-running humanitarian crisis in the region.
"AFC-M23 controls Goma," Victor Tesongo, an AFC spokesperson, told CNN Monday, adding that "Goma fell under pressure" after the group’s earlier seizure of the nearby towns of Minova and Saké.
The Congolese government has yet to confirm the rebels’ takeover but acknowledges their presence in the city, capital of the eastern North Kivu province. It announced Sunday it had cut diplomatic ties with neighboring Rwanda, kraken2trfqodidvlh4aa337cpzfrhdlfldhve5nf7njhumwr7instad which it accuses of equipping the group with both weapons and troops, and recalled its diplomatic staff from the nation.
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