DRC President Felix Tshisekedi vowed a "vigorous response" to the advances of the M23. The M23 announced earlier in the day that it was willing to dialogue with the DRC government.
Former election-chief-turned-rebel-leader Corneille Nangaa has gone from overseeing Congo’s contested 2018 election to leading a powerful insurgency against the DRC’s President Félix Tshisekedi.