“All we can hear [are] gunshots around the city,” a Goma resident who has been cooped up in his home since the weekend said to the news.
Following Sunday’s quick advance against the Congolese army, which caused tens of thousands of residents to leave nearby towns, locals posted videos of M23 militants roving Goma’s main streets.
The Congolese authorities contest the rebels’ claim that they are in control of the city.
There were skirmishes between the army and the rebels in several areas of Goma, according to Prosper, a local journalist. His words, “We’re really worried,”
According to UN-sponsored Radio Okapi, the M23 has taken over the Goma branch of state broadcaster RTNC.
