US EditionGoma in eastern Congo is hanging by a thread a year after the city fell to Rwanda-backed rebels
M23 established a parallel administration and a revolutionary police force including Rwandan troops, causing civilian casualties, displacement, and economic disruption, UN reports say.
- A year after Goma fell to AFC-M23 fighters, many businesses were looted and traders plunged into poverty, according to Gentil Mutumayi.
- M23 authorities claim to have reduced taxes to encourage economic activity, as explained by D�sir� Ngabo, the Deputy Mayor of Goma.
- Residents are facing a severe economic crisis with closed banks and high withdrawal fees, leading to increased poverty, according to an economics professor.
- Local organizations like Agissons Ensemble are providing limited assistance despite receiving very little funding, as noted by Landry Mathe.
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While Rwanda has for the first time admitted its support for the rebels in eastern Congo, the peace agreement imposed by Donald Trump in December seems increasingly fragile.
DRC: Goma marks one year under rebel control as daily life resumes
It has been one year since the AFC/M23 rebels seized control of Goma, which was then the provincial capital of North Kivu. This marks the first time the city has remained under rebel rule for such an extended period. While daily life has resumed, some residents report a growing climate of repression. Report.
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Goma in eastern Congo is hanging by a thread a year after the city fell to Rwanda-backed rebels
The M23 rebel group still controls Goma, a year after taking the main city in eastern Congo. Life has returned to normal, but economic recovery is stalled.
Congo-Kinshasa: Goma's Residents Reflect On Life a Year After DR Congo City Fell to M23 Rebels
A year after the M23 armed group and its Rwandan allies seized Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the politico-military movement has stepped up measures to tighten its grip on the lakeside city. RFI spoke to residents about family loss, trying to adapt to daily life without a banking system and the struggle to build a life elsewhere.
At the command of the capital of North Kivu for the past year, AFC/M23 took advantage of the diplomatic impasse in an attempt to consolidate its parallel administration in the Kivus.
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