CLASHES

CLASHES: Residents of Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city, were fleeing on Monday after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces. This came as fighting escalated in recent days, despite calls from the UN Security Council for the insurgents to withdraw.



Gunshots rang out across Goma overnight before dozens of rebels in military uniform early Monday morning marched into the capital of North Kivu province, which sits on the border with Rwanda. The Congolese government has not confirmed the fall of Goma, 1 500 kilometres east of the capital Kinshasa, after severing ties with Rwanda on Saturday. PHOTO: AP