DR Congo conflict: SADC troops to pull out as M23 rebels gain ground

At least 17 soldiers from Malawi and South Africa have been killed in DR Congo.

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The troops were sent two years ago to support the Congolese army fight the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, which has seized control of large parts of mineral-rich eastern DR Congo this year.

At least 19 soldiers from South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania were killed when the M23 captured the region's biggest city, Goma, in January.

Thousands of people have been killed during the fighting and hundreds of thousands left without shelter after fleeing their homes.

There have been concerns the fighting could escalate to a wider regional conflict.

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