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S. African Peacekeepers Killed As Fighting Rages In DRC

M23 DRC Goma United Nations MONUSCO Rwanda Congo Democratic Party South Africa Democratic Republic of Congo
A Congolese soldier wounded during clashes with the M23 sits on a bed as he receives medical treatment at the ICRC hospital (Credit: AFP)

Three South African peacekeepers have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting intensified on Saturday between the Congolese army and Rwandan-backed M23 fighters, a political party said.

Fighting raged in the region despite calls from the international community for the M23 to halt its advance on Goma, the key city in the east and home to over a million people.

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