Скачать или смотреть Bodies lie in streets of Goma after M23 rebels take control of east Congo's largest city

(30 Jan 2025)
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++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC FOOTAGE OF DEAD BODIES++

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Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo - 30 January 2025
1. Red Cross officers loading wrapped body onto truck
2. Red Cross officer spraying where body was found in street
3. Various of partly covered bodies of soldiers in street
4. Wide of partly covered bodies in street
5. Women looking as they cover their noses
6. Bullet casing on ground
7. Various of scattered military clothing in street
8. Various of military clothing and bullets in street
9. People outside shop as doors open
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean (full name not given), shopkeeper:
"The people who control the city now have allowed for normalcy to return, that is why you see a lot of activity all around from everyone. They have told us to return back to business and we have followed their instructions."
11. Various of motorbike taxi overloaded with children and woman
12. Various of women cooking at roadside
13. Women carrying wood
14. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Maman Anette, petrol seller:
"We are a bit worried because last time we were here selling our things and suddenly bullets sounded and bullets were flying everywhere and we didn't know why. Everyone was running and others got injured in the process as they fled the gunshots. Just gunshots and we don't see the enemy, that is what is worrying us. Also, we do not have electricity and we are suffering because of not having electricity."
15. M23 fighters patrolling on truck
16. M23 fighters sitting outside shops
17. Various of M23 fighters interacting with civilians
18. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Jonas Usangize, motorbike taxi operator:
"We can see there is calm and stability, there is no more violence. Now we just want people to open their businesses, the boutiques, the gas stations so we get fuel. I am a motorcycle taxi operator, we just ask they reopen the gas stations so we can get back to work normally."
19. Pan from square to signage reading "I (heart) Goma"
20. View overlooking Goma
STORYLINE:
Bodies were recovered from the streets of Goma on Thursday as Rwanda-backed rebels sought to exert normalcy after seizing east Congo's largest city.

Civilians told The Associated Press fighters from the M23 rebel group had urged them to reopen their businesses after days of violence.

Much of Goma remained without electricity and water, with some people seen going back to their daily lives as others fled.

"We can see there is calm and stability, there is no more violence," said motorbike taxi operator Jonas Usangize.

Red Cross officers removed bodies wrapped in white plastic bags, while other dead lay in street wrapped in scattered military clothing.

It came after DRC President Felix Tshisekedi vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” to push back the rebels in his first public remarks since Goma was captured.

But the rebels had reportedly advanced beyond the city toward the center of South Kivu province after taking several towns, including Kalungu, Kanyezire and Mukwinja, according to a local civil society leader and an aid worker in the area.

The M23 rebels in eastern Congo are backed by some 4,000 troops from neighbouring Rwanda, according to UN experts, far more than in 2012 when they first captured Goma.

They are one of more than 100 armed groups vying for control in Congo’s mineral-rich east, which holds vast deposits estimated to be worth $24 trillion and critical to much of the world’s technology.

AP video shot by Jackson Njehia

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