(29 Jan 2025)
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Gisenyi, Rwanda – 29 January 2025
1. Wide of people waiting at border between Rwanda and Congo for security checks
2. Mid of bags being checked
3. Women arriving with child
4. Women waiting at border
5. People arriving at border
6. Border security agents checking bags
7. Wide of people at border
STORYLINE:
Thousands arrived at the Rwandan border on Wednesday as residents continued to flee the ongoing fighting in Congo.
Congolese security forces have tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo’s largest city, as U.N. officials reported violence, looting and bodies in the streets.
The M23 rebels are one of about 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the conflict-battered North Kivu province — which includes Goma — rich in minerals critical to much of the world’s technology.
UN officials said hospitals are overwhelmed in Goma, a regional trade and humanitarian hub that is now a refuge for hundreds of thousands fleeing gunfire and shelling in the major escalation of one of Africa’s longest conflicts.
Many continued to flee across the border into Rwanda, braving gunfire and heavy rains and caught in between shootouts on both sides from the Congolese soldiers and the rebels.
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