The time and circumstances of the killings were unclear.
Civil society workers arrange coffins of civilians killed during the clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , at a mourning ceremony held at the Stade de l'Unite in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 2, 2024.
The memorial was attended by government officials that had travelled from Kinshasa, along with local officials and family members. The M23 rebels have been waging a fresh insurgency in the vast central African country’s militia-plagued east since 2022. The fighting has driven more than 1.7 million people from their homes in North Kivu, taking the total number of Congolese displaced by multiple conflicts to a record 7.2 million, according to UN estimates.
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