Willy Ngoma, a spokesperson for the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels fighting in eastern Congo, has been killed in a drone strike, a U.N. official and a rights group said Tuesday, escalating tensions over the region’s conflict after peace negotiations stalled.
Ngoma, a senior officer who was deeply involved in M23’s operations, was said to have been killed in a predawn drone strike near the North Kivu province’s mining town of Rubaya.
Rubaya residents told the AP that the drone strike targeted a spot that has in recent weeks served as an enclave for the M23.
The strike came weeks after Congo and the M23 rebels agreed to a ceasefire and methods of monitoring it with help from the U.N. mission in Congo. Both parties traded accusations of violating the terms of the truce.
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M23 Senior Rebel Official Killed by Drone Strike in Eastern Congo
02/24/2026
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