Goma, DR Congo - Blasts killed at least nine people Friday in a displaced persons camp on the outskirts of Goma in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said. “Bombs” fell on huts housing displaced people, according to witnesses, in the central African country’s eastern region, which has seen ongoing fighting between M23 (March 23 movement) rebels and the government. According to Kinshasa, the United Nations and Western countries, neighbouring Rwanda is backing the M23, something Kigali denies. Fighting intensified around Sake early February and the rebels have since seized new towns in Masisi district, northwest of Goma, including the mining town Rubaya. The UN estimated at the end of 2023 that nearly seven million people had been displaced in DR Congo, including 2.5 million in North Kivu alone.
