DR Congo: Hundreds of thousands displaced as conflict rages in the east

27/01/2025 11:12 France 24

Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, as the United Nations described a mass panic among its two million people and Congo’s government said the rebel advance was a “declaration of war". Story by Emily Boyle and Nina Masson.

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