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A trader displays items for sale at the Rutshuru parking lot in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 2, 2022. - M23 rebels have cut major supply routes to Goma, eastern DR Congo, sending prices in the city surging and sparking fears that a future offensive will cripple its economy. A Tutsi-led group that lay dormant for years, the M23 took up arms again late last year, seizing swaths of territory in North Kivu province. Last month, the rebels came within several dozen kilometres (miles) of Goma, a commercial hub of over one million people, on the border with Rwanda. Their advance has cut off the RN2 highway, which leads to Goma from the north, and with it access to farm produce from North Kivu's Rutshuru region. (Photo by GLODY MURHABAZI / AFP) (Photo by GLODY MURHABAZI/AFP via Getty Images)