2025 Butembo offensive
| Butembo offensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the M23 campaign | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Rwanda (Congolese claim) |
DR Congo Uganda | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Corneille Nangaa Sultani Makenga |
Evariste Somo (Military governor of North Kivu) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| M23 forces |
FARDC UPDF Wazalendo | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 4,000-5,000 troops | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 6-10 Wazalendo militiamen killed (friendly fire) | ||||||
The 2025 Butembo offensive was a military operation conducted by March 23 Movement rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the goal of advancing towards and capturing the city of Butembo, 130 miles north of Goma. The military campaign followed the M23 capture of Bukavu, the provincial capital of South Kivu, occurring concurrently with advances towards Uvira in the neighboring South Kivu province.