Rebels take Goma, vow 'liberation' of DR Congo (PHOTOS)

GlobalPost

A rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has rejected calls from regional leaders to withdraw from the provincial capital Goma after seizing control of the city this week.

The M23 rebels, believed to be backed by Rwanda, have threatened to push onward to Bukavu, a strategic town further east, as well as to the capital Kinshasa.

Read the latest dispatch from GlobalPost's Tristan McConnell: Congo rebellion threatens regional war 

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