Border closed between Rwanda and DR Congo near Goma

The border between Rwanda and DR Congo near the besieged city of Goma was closed on Monday, a European consulate source and witnesses said, hours after militia fighters and Rwandan troops entered the eastern Congolese regional capital.

A woman carries a mattress and other belongings on her head as she flees from Kibati, where fighting has intensified, towards the city of Goma on January 26, 2025. The M23 armed group has seized further territory in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and on Sunday was continuing to tighten its grip on provincial capital Goma, which is almost surrounded by fighting. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

“The border is closed,” the consulate source told AFP. An aid worker at the main border crossing between the two countries said that “no one is coming in, no one is going out, apart from a few UN staff and their families evacuated this morning”.bur-cld/dl/kjm

Border closed between Rwanda and DR Congo near Goma

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