M23 force in DRCongo says drone strike killed its spokesman

The Rwanda-backed M23 force fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo said Saturday that its military spokesman had been killed in a drone strike.

"The Kinshasa regime has deliberately flouted the ceasefire and imposed a total war" by launching drone attacks behind the front lines, it said in a statement.

One casualty had been Colonel Willy Ngoma, the group's military spokesman, who had been killed on Tuesday, it added.