GOMA, DR CONGO – Heavy artillery fire rocked the eastern Congolese city of Goma on Monday as France warned the capital of the mineral-rich region was on the brink of falling to militia fighters and Rwandan troops.https://www.ewn.co.za/2025/01/26/nine-south-african-peacekeepers-killed-in-dr-congo-sandf
The M23 armed group and Rwandan soldiers entered the centre of Goma on Sunday night after weeks of advancing on the main city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province.
The city, close to the border with Rwanda, is home to more than a million residents and nearly as many…