Plusieurs sources du groupe politico-militaire AFC/M23 et de l’entourage de Joseph Kabila ont annoncé l’arrivée de l’ancien président à Goma, dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Le 23 mai, il l’avait lui-même
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