DemocraticUN on Eastern Congo: At least 900 bodies recovered in Goma
SDA
3.2.2025 - 21:07
Red Cross workers place the bodies of victims of fighting between Congolese government troops and M23 rebels in a truck in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN health organization speaks of 900 dead in the fighting. Photo: Moses Sawasawa/AP/dpa
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According to the United Nations, at least 900 bodies have been recovered in the streets of the city in eastern Congo following the recent fighting to capture Goma. The number recorded up to and including Friday does not include the dead who have already been taken to morgues, according to the UN emergency aid office OCHA, citing the World Health Organization (WHO).
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03.02.2025, 21:07
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Numerous bodies are still lying in the streets of Goma, it added. The local authorities in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo also counted almost 2,900 injured in the past week.
Just over a week ago, the M23 militia attacked the city of Goma in the province of North Kivu and ultimately captured it after days of fighting against the military. The rebels, who according to experts are supported by neighboring Rwanda, have been active in eastern Congo for years and have now gained control of large parts of North Kivu. Some of the rarest and most valuable metals in the world are mined in large quantities in this resource-rich region, including coltan, gold, nickel, cobalt and copper.