Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers. That's according to the soldier's families.
Congolese people displaced following recent clashes between the M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), leave the camps and return to their homes after the M23 rebels instructed them to vacate the camps in the outskirts of Goma,
Internally displaced people (IDPs) near eastern city of Goma board pirogues on Lake Kivu after leaving the nearby Bulengo IDP camp. They were fleeing renewed fighting between the DRC army and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels n the area.
Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong fighting against Congolese forces. The M23 rebels captured Goma and Bukavu
Defeated soldiers from the Southern Africa Development Community’s (SADC) peace mission were seen leaving Goma by road without their equipment or uniforms.
Erasto Bahati Musanga, the rebel-appointed governor of North-Kivu province announced that Goma and Bukavu’s ports will reopen Tuesday
Mu gihe urugendo ruva ku bigo byabo i Goma rwatangiye mu gitondo ku wa mbere, mu ijoro nibwo umurongo w'imodoka zabo wagaragaye werekeza i Kigali.
Umugwi witwaje ibigwanisho wa M23 uri mu ntambara mu buseruko bwa Repuburika ya Demokarasi ya Congo uherutse gufata ibisagara bibiri bikomeye, Goma na Bukavu, imirwa mikuru y'intara za Kivu ya ruguru
M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.
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