East Congo hospital sees 'influx' of wounded as conflict escalates

A patient from Ngungu, is carried by nurses on a stretcher to an operating room at the ICRC hospital, in Goma, on January 20, 2025. [AFP]

A hospital in Goma has taken in more than 200 wounded since early January as fighting intensifies in eastern Congo, the Red Cross and local sources told AFP Monday.

In recent weeks, the Congo's restive east has seen escalating clashes between the Congolese army and the M23 Movement - an armed group backed by Rwanda.