Congolese army 'retakes strategic city of Uvira' after M23 withdrawal

The Congolese army said Monday it had retaken control of the strategic city of Uvira after the Rwanda-backedM23armed group withdrew.

M23, an antigovernment group, launched an offensive in early December in South Kivu province in easternDRCand seized Uvira, a city of several hundred thousand people on the border with Burundi, just after the DRC and Rwanda signed a peace agreement overseen by US President Donald Tr