Internally displaced civilians from the camps in Munigi and Kibati, carry their belongings as they flee following the fight between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, January 26, 2025.
On Monday, Kenyan President William Ruto, who chairs the East African Community, announced that he had convened an Extraordinary Summit mid-week to discuss the security crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
This summit follows the capture on Monday of the strategic eastern DRC city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, by the March 23 (M23) rebels, which Kinshasa claims are backed by Rwanda, a charge Rwanda denies.
