East DRC city timidly comes back to life under M23 control

A Congolese traffic police officer (C) affiliated to the M23 fighters directs traffic on the roads around the Birere Market in Goma on February 17, 2025. [AFP]

Two bodies lay on a Bukavu road, lynched by a mob accusing them of taking part in the widespread pillaging of the eastern DR Congo city as it fell to pro-Rwandan forces.

Following the city's seizure by the Rwanda-backed M23 Movement, the crackle of bullets gave way to the sound of sirens on Monday as ambulances made their way to treat those wounded in the violence.