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A vendor sells doughnuts on the streets of Goma, capital of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on January 14, 2026. [AFP]
They were caught under a barrage of fire and became trapped with "nowhere to go" after their city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fell under the M23 armed group's control a year ago.
Around one million Goma residents were holed up in their homes on January 26, 2025, when the Congolese army and its allies were forced to pull out of the provincial capital.
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