Rwanda-backed rebels seize another town in eastern Congo

Medics treat a man wounded during fighting between Congolese government troops and M23 rebel forces in Goma’s Kyeshero hospital (Moses Sawasawa/AP)

Rwanda-backed rebels have gained ground in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week.

The M23 rebels took control of a town 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Bukavu on Wednesday, civil society officials and residents told The Associated Press.