But these broke down last month. "It is with dismay that we learn of the capture of Masisi centre by the M23," Alexis Bahunga, a member of North Kivu provincial assembly, told the AFP news agency.

The latest offensive happened last week when the M23 rebels took Masisi, the administrative centre of the Masisi territory, in North Kivu. Days before, they’d captured another town Katale.

“It is with dismay that we learn of the capture of Masisi centre by the M23,” Alexis Bahunga, deputy of the North Kivu province, where the town is located, told AFP Saturday. Masisi, with a ...