[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Republic of Congo said Sunday they have reached the "door" of the regional capital Goma.The DR Congolese army said meanwhile that fighting between its troops and rebels has reached a displaced people's camp near Goma, a claim the rebels denied.
Rebel front man Lieutenant Colonel Vianney Kazarama told AFP that the M23 rebel movement had reached Kibati, which is five kilometres (three miles) from Goma.
"We're at the door... We are not in the city of Goma. It's not our ambition to take Goma. Nevertheless if (President Joseph) Kabila's army attacks us, we will pursue the enemy until it is repelled very far from Goma," Kazarama said.
No comment on the rebel claim could be obtained from the army.
But an army intelligence colonel told AFP on condition of anonymity that fighting between government troops and rebels had reached the displaced people's camp in Kanyarucinya, which is some 10 kilometres from Goma.