Os rebeldes apoiados pelo Ruanda afirmaram ter capturado a cidade estratégica de Goma, no leste da Rep. Dem. do Congo, o centro de uma região que contém biliões de dólares em riqueza mineral que permanece em grande parte inexplorada, noticiou a Associated Press. A ofensiva fez com que milhares de pessoas fugissem das suas casas, além de 1 milhão de deslocados que já estão em Goma, e sobrecarregou os hospitais até ao limite, com centenas de feridos a chegarem todos os dias enquanto civis são apanhados no fogo cruzado.
Em fotos: Conflito na República Democrática do Congo
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People protest in Kinshasa, Jan. 28, 2025, against the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels' advances into eastern Congo's capital Goma.
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Residents look at the bodies of Congolese soldiers killed in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 28, 2025. Intense fighting has left bodies in the streets and overwhelmed hospitals in the besieged city of Goma, the United Nations said, as protesters furious about international inaction attacked embassies in the country's capital.
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Residents look at the bodies of Congolese soldiers killed in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 28, 2025. Intense fighting has left bodies in the streets and overwhelmed hospitals in the besieged city of Goma, the United Nations said, as protesters furious about international inaction attacked embassies in the country's capital.
Residents look at the bodies of Congolese soldiers killed in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 28, 2025. Intense fighting has left bodies in the streets and overwhelmed hospitals in the besieged city of Goma, the United Nations said, as protesters furious about international inaction attacked embassies in the country's capital.
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People protest in Kinshasa, Jan. 28, 2025, against the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels' advances into eastern Congo's capital Goma.
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United Nations truck drivers and Congolese civilians who fled from Goma, undergo security screening at the border-post in Gisenyi, Rubavu district, Rwanda, Jan. 28, 2025.
