Rwanda-backed rebels reassure Goma residents

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Rwanda-backed rebels tell residents of a captured eastern Congolese city they are safe

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Rwanda -backed rebels tell residents of Goma they are safe, promising safety under their administration.

The M23 rebels are backed by some 4,000 troops from neighboring Rwanda , according to U.N. experts.

The rebels are advancing into South Kivu province and are 50 kilometers ( 30 miles ) from the provincial capital of Bukavu , official says.

Health officials say rebels have disrupted a key medical lab in Goma .

U.N. chief says he will be flying to Addis Ababa to take part in a meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council next week .

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera says he's asked the commander of his country’s peacekeepers in eastern Congo to begin preparations for their withdrawal.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa says his country's peacekeepers will remain in Congo .

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