Goma , Democratic Republic of Congo ( CNN ) -- The United Nations and Congolese army are sending additional soldiers to the troubled regional capital of Goma , a U.N. spokesman said Wednesday . `` Troops are being deployed at the town entrance , on the road that goes to Rutshuru , '' said Alexander Essome , MONUSCO regional spokesperson . MONUSCO , the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo , `` has been reinforced with extra troops in the area , '' Essome said . Rutshuru , 60 kilometers ( 37 miles ) north of Goma , was taken by M23 rebels on July 1 , but they retreated within days and the Congolese regular army moved back into the town Wednesday . The Congolese army is dispatching a U.S. trained elite battalion to Goma , where most shops were closed Wednesday because of threats from M23 to take Goma . The M23 , linked to Laurent Nkunda 's CNDP rebel group , still controls the town of Bunagana . Goma is in on the border with Rwanda on Lake Kivu .
CNDP spokesman : Extra troops reinforcing regional capital on border with U.S. . Congolese rebels have threatened to take over the town . One unit is Congolese elite battalion trained by Rwanda troops .