CONFLICTO
Recrudecimiento de los combates entre los rebeldes y el ejército en la R.D. del Congo
January 28, 2025 -
Los feroces combates se han intensificado en la ciudad oriental de
Goma entre los rebeldes del M23, apoyados por Ruanda, y las fuerzas gubernamentales de la República Democrática del Congo.
Dead bodies lay in the streets, gunfire rang out and hospitals were overwhelmed in east Congo's largest city, where rebels faced pockets of resistance on Tuesday from army and pro-government militias.
M23 fighters entered Goma on Monday in the worst escalation since 2012 of a three-decade conflict rooted in the long fallout from the Rwandan genocide and the struggle for control of Congo's abundant mineral resources.
Goma is a major hub for people displaced by fighting elsewhere in eastern Congo and aid groups seeking to assist them. Now the fighting has sent thousands of people streaming out of the city – some had recently sought refuge there from M23's offensive since the start of the year, Reuters said.