The brief counter-offensive around Sake would be the last. Two days later, an assault on Goma was seen as inevitable. NGOs and the United Nations evacuated their non-essential staff from the city.

Incuro nyinshi, umuhari M23 wagarukiye kw'irembo rya Goma, ariko urahava urafata ico gisagara. "Intambara z'ubu n'izo mu 2012 ziratandukanye", intahe y'uwabonye M23 ifata Goma n'ico gihe.

With prayers at home and a muted breaking of the fast, the holy month of Ramadan is different this year for Muslims in Goma. The city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was captured in ...