The conflict has created one of the world’s most significant humanitarian crises, with more than seven million people displaced, officials say.

More than 400 civilians have been killed as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continues its offensive in Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, regional officials have said, adding that Rwandan special forces were in the strategic city of Uvira.

M23’s latest offensive comes despite a US-mediated peace agreement signed last week by the presidents of Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda in Washington.

The accord did not include the rebel group, which is negotiating separately with Democratic Republic of the Congo and agreed earlier this year to a ceasefire that both sides accuse the other of violating.

However, it oblig

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