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New York, US – UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were on high alert on Monday and ready to use force to protect civilians in Goma from an advancing rebellion by the March 23 movement (M23), a UN statement said.

(Reuters) – Rwanda is accusing the United Nations' new intervention brigade in eastern Congo of discussing collaboration with Hutu rebels linked to the Rwandan genocide of 1994, thereby jeopardizing regional peace efforts.

(Reuters) – The Congolese army shelled rebel positions near the eastern town of Goma on Monday in a second day of fierce fighting that led to rivals Rwanda and Congo trading accusations of aggression.

Rwanda's military spokesman said two mortar bombs were fired into the country from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday.

Rebels and army forces are engaged in heavy fighting near the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The M23 rebels told the BBC that their hill positions had been bombarded most of the night by military planes.

For weary observers of the M23-FARDC standoff, the cycle of events is becoming all too predictable. Every week, dozens of rumors are spread via SMS, the web, and word-of-mouth about cross-border infiltrations from Uganda and Rwanda––most of them false, but persistent enough for it appear to be an orchestrated campaign of misinformation. Some MONUSCO officers spend many of their waking hours just hunting down the latest canard, usually to come up with nothing.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said its forces beat back a fierce attack Sunday by M23 rebels near the towns of Mutaho and Rusayo in the east of the country.

U.N. peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of Congo will begin using unarmed drones on a trial basis to monitor its war-torn east, the head of peacekeeping operations told Reuters on Sunday.

KAMPALA, Uganda — An aid group says about 60,000 Congolese have fled to Uganda after a rebel attack on a town by the border, stretching humanitarian capacities.

15 July 2013 – United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are on high alert today and stand ready to use force to protect civilians in Goma from an advancing rebellion by the March 23 movement (M23), the top UN official in the country said, urging all parties to exercise restraint.