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Wounded civilians flood Goma hospital as DR Congo clashes escalate

A doctor pushes a patient in a wheelchair towards the operating theatre at the ICRC hospital, in Goma, on January 20, 2025. [AFP]

Reponse Izabayo managed to reach hospital after being shot as he tried to escape fighting that has flared in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

In less than three weeks, more than 200 war wounded have arrived at the hospital in the city of Goma -- increasingly, they are civilians.

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