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UN's Mary Robinson in Goma after surge in DRC fighting

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The UN special envoy for the African Great Lakes region, Mary Robinson, has arrived in Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. She and other high-level international diplomats are visiting the region after the last week of August saw the heaviest fighting in months between the M23 rebel movement and Congolese government forces backed by a new, more offensive brigade of UN peacekeepers. The rebels retreated by several kilometres at the weekend and diplomatic efforts are due to culminate in a summit of regional leaders on Thursday. RFI talked to Timo Mueller, an analyst with a US-based conflict resolution lobby group, who is based in Goma.

UN special envoy to the Great Lakes region Mary Robinson (R) flanked by UN special envoy to Congo Martin Kobler (L) address a news conference at the Monusco offices in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 2 September 2013
UN special envoy to the Great Lakes region Mary Robinson (R) flanked by UN special envoy to Congo Martin Kobler (L) address a news conference at the Monusco offices in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 2 September 2013 Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
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