Kabila, M23 and DR Congo
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The entry slip road on the M23 northbound in Surrey is closed at junction 8 for Redhill and Merstham following a collision on Saturday lunchtime, May 24. After a brief hold of traffic, lane one of three is also shut on the M25 anticlockwise within junction 7 for Redhill and junction 8 for the M23.
A section of the M23 in West Sussex is closed due to a diesel spillage caused by a lorry crash. Police, fire crews and paramedics responded at about 04:00 BST on Sunday after a lorry crossed the motorway's central barrier near Crawley.
The M23 rebellion began in late 2021 but this year has seen its biggest escalation, with the group seizing Bukavu and Goma, DRC’s largest eastern cities. Millions have been displaced internally, and nearly 140,000 have crossed to neighbouring countries since January.
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A "significant fuel spillage" that stretched more than a mile stopped drivers on the M23 in their tracks on Thursday, May 15. The incident near Gatwick Airport was first reported just after 10am, with a full closure of northbound carriageway coming into force shortly after and a clean up operation stretching into the afternoon.
An escalation of fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has strained the Central African nation's public finances, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
Armed fighters from the M23 group in eastern DR Congo expel thousands of civilians to Rwanda, claiming they are illegal migrants. The United Nations calls for safe and voluntary returns while tensions rise between conflicting groups.
For over a year now, it has been controlled by the M23 rebels, who earlier this year advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma and Bukavu in a major escalation of the conflict. Despite the ...
President Donald Trump misidentified images of victims from the war between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels during a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.