Congo: At least 773 killed in fighting with Rwanda-backed M23

Source: The Guardian [UK]

“At least 773 people were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major escalation of a decade-long conflict, Congolese authorities have said. The rebels’ advance into other areas was slowed by a weakened military that recovered some villages from them. There were 773 bodies and 2,880 injured people in Goma’s morgues and hospitals, the Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya told a briefing in the capital, Kinshasa, on Saturday, adding that the death toll could be higher.” (02/01/25)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/01/at-least-770-killed-in-goma-east-drc-in-fighting-with-rwanda-backed-m23