M23 recently captured the towns of Kalehe and Nyabibwe last week ... the provincial capital of South Kivu, where government soldiers are accused of committing abuses in recent days.

The capture of Nyabibwe on Lake Kivu takes the rebels a step closer to the provincial capital Bukavu some 70 km (40 miles) south, a city the rebels said last week they had no intention of capturing.

TASS/. Rebels from the March 23 Movement (M23) group, backed by the Rwandan army, have launched an offensive on Bukavu, the capital city of the South Kivu province in the east of the Democratic ...