Goma, DR Congo, Jan 23, 2026 (AFP) - DR Congo city residents forced to adapt during year of M23 rule

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2026-01-23

They were caught under a barrage of fire and became trapped with "nowhere to go" after their city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fell under the M23 armed group's control a year ago. Around one million Goma residents were holed up in their homes on January 26, 2025, when the Congolese army and its allies were forced to pull out of the provincial capital. Hundreds of Rwandan soldiers had just poured across the border to fight alongsid......

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