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Former Kenya president calls for urgent intervention in Congo fighting

Members of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), part of the troops to the East Africa Community Regional Force (EACRF) ride on a pick-up truck on their deployment as part of a regional military operation targeting rebels, in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta called on Wednesday for urgent intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting between the army and M23 rebels has flared again in the last week causing hundreds to flee their homes.

During a visit to the city of Goma, in eastern Congo, and a nearby camp for displaced people, Kenyatta encountered tens of thousands of people living rough on roadsides.

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