On Monday, Goma, Congo’s eastern city, held a memorial service for 200 victims of the conflict between the army and rebels that are waging a fresh insurgency in the huge central African country’s militia-plagued east.
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| Civil society workers arrange caskets of civilians who were killed during the conflicts between the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and M23 rebels, at a memorial ceremony held in the city of Goma, North Kivu, DR Congo on Monday 2 September, 2024. Photo: Reuters |
Government officials alongside local officials and families attended the ceremony.
According to authorities, all were direct and indirect victims of the fighting, ranging from volunteered defence forces to unarmed civilians.
Safi Bahuma, a relative attending in memory of a brother, said: “The government must find a solution so that we can live in peace. We’ve suffered enough. We’re tired of burying.”
The M23 rebels have been waging a renewed insurgency in the vast central Congo’s militia-plagued east since 2022.
