Rebel forces advance in the Democratic Republic of Congo

叛军在刚果民主共和国推进

Newshour

2025-01-26

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Thirteen foreign peacekeepers have been killed in clashes with M23 rebels. The capital city Goma is under threat, and residents are fleeing. Also on the programme; hostage and prisoner releases in the Middle East but who has been freed? And an art heist in the Netherlands, priceless gold artefacts from Romania have been stolen and might now be melted down. (Picture: Internally displaced people in DRC. Credit: Reuters)
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  • Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.

  • Coming live from London, this is Owen Bennett Jones.

  • Thirteen foreign peacekeepers have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in fighting between the Congolese army and Rwandan backed M23 rebels.

  • They are advancing on the city of Goma that's very close to the border with Rwanda.

  • And it is significant because even though M23 did actually briefly enter Goma around a decade or so ago, they have never held as much territory as they do now.

  • And they're succeeding in part because of revenues they're deriving from taxing mining operations in places they control.

  • So the government seemed to be on the back foot.

  • And Emery McAmino is the BBC reporter in Kinshasa.

  • He joined me a short while ago just after going to a government press conference.

  • So what was said there?

  • The press conference is still ongoing as we speak.

  • Well, what they've said so far is that they paid tribute to Governor Peter Sirimwani, the governor of North Kivu Province, who was confirmed dead yesterday.

  • They say he was killed by a sniper.