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Uganda sends 1,000 more soldiers to east Congo near conflict, sources sayThat would raise the number of Ugandan soldiers, officially there to back President Felix Tshisekedi's government, to about 4,000-5,000.
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<div class="paragraphs"><p>People who were displaced return home days after the M23 rebel group seized the town of Goma in Congo.</p></div>

People who were displaced return home days after the M23 rebel group seized the town of Goma in Congo.

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Nairobi: Uganda has deployed more than 1,000 extra soldiers into east Congo in the last week, four diplomatic and UN sources said, near an area where the Kinshasa government is fighting M23 rebels and there are fears of a regional escalation.

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That would raise the number of Ugandan soldiers, officially there to back Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi's government, to about 4,000-5,000, according to UN sources.

Rwanda backs the M23 and also has troops in east Congo. (Reporting by David Lewis in Nairobi, Sonia Rolley in Paris, Elias Biryabarema in Kampala, Ange Kasongo in Kinshasa

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(Published 04 February 2025, 17:29 IST)