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DR Congo conflict: Rwanda-backed M23 rebels capture Minova

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Rwanda -backed M23 rebels in DR Congo have taken over the key eastern trading town of Minova .

The fall puts the rebels within 40km ( 25 miles ) of provincial capital, Goma .

It comes two weeks after the M23 captured Masisi , with the Congolese army launching a counteroffensive to retake the town.

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English

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