The fall of Goma heralds more bloodshed in eastern Congo
Rwanda’s reckless invasion raises the risk of a wider war
“There are no more places for the dead,” says Marie Kavira-Nvungi, a nurse at a hospital in Goma, the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The morgue is full. Wounded patients lie on the floor waiting for treatment. Among them are children injured by shrapnel and explosives. The pharmaceutical depot has been looted, depriving patients of medicines. “The situation is becoming difficult,” adds Ms Kavira-Nvungi, with stoical understatement.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “High stakes in the Great Lakes”
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