Photos: Congo army and rebels clash near Goma, civilians flee
July 16, 2013
A man accused by the Congolese Army of being a spy of rebels of the M23 movement is tied and taken away on July 16, 2013 in Munigi on the outskirts of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 16 pursued an offensive against rebels of the M23 movement to protect the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma. M23, a movement launched by Tutsi defectors from the army who accuse the Kinshasa government of reneging on a 2009 peace deal, last year occupied Goma for 10 days before pulling out under international pressure. PHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521380548 )
Photo taken through a car window shows a group of Congolese army soldiers driving out of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 14, 2013. Exchanges of artillery and rocket-fire broke out today between the Congolese army and M23 rebels, with impact visible from Kanyarucinya in the foot-hills of the Nyiragonga volcano. More than 55,000 refugees from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have arrived in Uganda after fleeing a rebel attack, Red Cross officials said July 14, although the rate of new arrivals has begun to slow down. PHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521348248 )
A man accused by the Congolese Army of being a spy of rebels of the M23 movement is tied and taken away on July 16, 2013 in Munigi on the outskirts of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 16 pursued an offensive against rebels of the M23 movement to protect the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma. M23, a movement launched by Tutsi defectors from the army who accuse the Kinshasa government of reneging on a 2009 peace deal, last year occupied Goma for 10 days before pulling out under international pressure. PHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521380559 )
A Congolese army soldier stands for a photograph at a foward position in Kanyarucinya, around 12 kms from Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on July 16, 2013. The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 16 pursued an offensive against rebels of the M23 movement to protect the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma. M23, a movement launched by Tutsi defectors from the army who accuse the Kinshasa government of reneging on a 2009 peace deal, last year occupied Goma for 10 days before pulling out under international pressure. PHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521380683 )
Displaced Congolese flee on July 15, 2013 the area of Kanyarucinya through Munigi on the outskirts of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 130 people were killed, including 10 soldiers, in the deadliest clashes in months between troops and rebels in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said on July 15. Fierce fighting broke out on July 14 outside the flashpoint city of Goma between the Congolese army and the M23 rebels, an armed group launched by Tutsi former soldiers who mutinied in April 2012. The clashes continued on July 15 between Congolese armed forces and M23 rebels, causing several thousands of people to flee. PHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521377250 )
Civilians react to shell fire erupting as Congolese armed forces drive through the area of Munigi on the outskirts of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 15, 2013. At least 130 people were killed, including 10 soldiers, in the deadliest clashes in months between troops and rebels in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said on July 15. Fierce fighting broke out on July 14 outside the flashpoint city of Goma between the Congolese army and the M23 rebels, an armed group launched by Tutsi former soldiers who mutinied in April 2012. The clashes continued on July 15 between Congolese armed forces and M23 rebels, causing several thousands of people to flee. PHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521377247 )
Congolese Army soldiers man a foward position in Kanyarucinya, some 12 kms from Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 16, 2013. The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 16 pursued an offensive against rebels of the M23 movement to protect the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma. M23, a movement launched by Tutsi defectors from the army who accuse the Kinshasa government of reneging on a 2009 peace deal, last year occupied Goma for 10 days before pulling out under international pressure. PHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521380691 )
Congolese refugees displaced by fighting between the Congo army and rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) last week arrive at Bukanga transit camp in Bundibugyo town camp 376km (238 miles) southwest of Uganda capital Kampala July 16, 2013. The Uganda Red Cross Society said 66,000 Congolese refugees have so far crossed into the east African country since the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) started attacking the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Kamangu last week. REUTERS/James Akena (UGANDA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) ( DRC-REFUGEES-UGANDA/ )
A Congolese refugee displaced by fighting between the Congo army and rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) last week carries his belongings as he arrives at Bukanga transit camp in Bundibugyo town camp 376km (238 miles) southwest of Uganda capital Kampala July 16, 2013. The Uganda Red Cross Society said 66,000 Congolese refugees have so far crossed into the east African country since the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) started attacking the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Kamangu last week. REUTERS/James Akena ( DRC-REFUGEES-UGANDA/ )
A girl, a Congolese refugee displaced by fighting between the Congo army and rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) last week, carries chickens as she arrives at Bukanga transit camp in Bundibugyo town camp 376km (238 miles) southwest of Uganda capital Kampala July 16, 2013. The Uganda Red Cross Society said 66,000 Congolese refugees have so far crossed into the east African country since the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) started attacking the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Kamangu last week. REUTERS/James Akena ( DRC-REFUGEES-UGANDA/ )
A Congolese refugee displaced by fighting between the Congo army and rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) last week prepares a meal near her makeshift shelter at Bukanga transit camp in Bundibugyo town camp 376km (238 miles) southwest of Uganda capital Kampala July 16, 2013. The Uganda Red Cross Society said 66,000 Congolese refugees have so far crossed into the east African country since the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) started attacking the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Kamangu last week. REUTERS/James Akena ( DRC-REFUGEES-UGANDA/ )
Ugandan police trucks carrying refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) travels from Busunga border post to Bubukwanga town in Uganda on July 14, 2013. More than 30,000 refugees from the DRC have crossed the border into Ugandas Western District of Bundibugyo, about 430 Kilometres from the capital Kampala following a rebel attack on the town of Kamango in North Kivu province. ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP/Getty Images ( 521359925 )
Congolese Army soldiers walk through the dust in the village of Rusayo on July 16, 2013 during a press visit, some 13 kms from Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 16 pursued an offensive against rebels of the M23 movement to protect the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma. M23, a movement launched by Tutsi defectors from the army who accuse the Kinshasa government of reneging on a 2009 peace deal, last year occupied Goma for 10 days before pulling out under international pressure. PHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521380711 )
Congolese government army soldiers carry the corpses of slain suspected M23 fighters in Muja, about 11 km (6.8 miles) outside the eastern Congolese city of Goma July 16, 2013. Congolese government forces supported by helicopters attacked M23 rebel positions near Goma on Tuesday in a third day of heavy fighting that has forced hundreds of villagers to flee their homes and raised tensions with Rwanda. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe ( CONGO-DEMOCRATIC/FIGHTING )
Congolese government army soldiers are seen at a checkpoint in Kanyarustshinya, outside the eastern Congolese city of Goma July 16, 2013. Congolese government forces supported by helicopters attacked M23 rebel positions near the eastern city of Goma on Tuesday in a third day of heavy fighting that has forced hundreds of villagers to flee their homes and raised tensions with Rwanda. REUTERS/Chrispin Mvano ( CONGO-DEMOCRATIC/FIGHTING )
A group of residents gather as an Indian United Nations peacekeeper walks by in Kanyarucinya on the outskirts of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 14, 2013. Exchanges of artillery and rocket-fire broke out today between the Congolese army and M23 rebels, with impact visible from Kanyarucinya in the foot-hills of the Nyiragonga volcano. PHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521346728 )
Displaced Congolese flee on July 15, 2013 the area of Kanyarucinya through Munigi on the outskirts of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 130 people were killed, including 10 soldiers, in the deadliest clashes in months between troops and rebels in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said on July 15. Fierce fighting broke out on July 14 outside the flashpoint city of Goma between the Congolese army and the M23 rebels, an armed group launched by Tutsi former soldiers who mutinied in April 2012. The clashes continued on July 15 between Congolese armed forces and M23 rebels, causing several thousands of people to flee. PHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521371405 )
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