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Congolese troops and allied Wazalendo militias said they had retaken several villages from the M23 rebels in North Kivu's Masisi territory and in South Kivu's Kalehe on 5 October.
Ethiopia and Egypt each expelled a diplomat on 2 October with 48 hours to leave, a day after Ethiopia's break with Eritrea.
Ethiopia is preparing to withdraw more than 3,000 soldiers from Somalia within days or weeks to reinforce its war against Tigrayan and other rebels, Bloomberg reported on 1 October.
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