The Democratic Republic of Congo's government says it’s taken back control of a crucial town in the east.
Sake was surrounded by M23 rebels during heavy fighting with government troops.
Thousands of civilians have fled to the North Kivu capital Goma as the fighting intensifies.

Al Jazeera’s Barbara Angopa reports.

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