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DRC conflict: M23 rebels enter Goma after claiming capture of city – live

DRC conflict: M23 rebels enter Goma after claiming capture of city – live

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as United Nations reports ‘mass panic’

UN staff and their families were evacuating to Rwanda on Monday morning, where 10 buses were waiting to pick them up.

Unverified videos shared on social media showed local residents looting merchandise outside the airport customs warehouse and columns of heavily armed men, believed to be M23 fighters, walking through the northern suburbs of the city.

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