DR Congo civilians flee to Uganda over rebel offensives

**This is a 60-seconds sample of the video. For the full version, please contact us.**

DR Congo civilians flee to Uganda over rebel offensives

STORY: DR Congo civilians flee to Uganda over rebel offensives DATELINE: July 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:36 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of civilians from DR Congo seeking sanctuary in Uganda 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): SEBAKARA JEAN, Refugee from DR Congo 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): SENZERA GASHENI, Refugee from DR Congo 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): WEMA SIMPEZE, Refugee from DR Congo STORYLINE: Thousands of civilians from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have fled to the neighboring Uganda from the offensives between the army and the rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23). Since the end of March 2022, the M23 has been on the offensive in DRC's northeastern province of North Kivu, while civilians have been displaced by the still ongoing fighting. Since March 28, clashes between the DRC's armed forces and M23 have caused a large number of people to move both within the DRC and to neighboring countries, particularly Uganda. As survival is a key issue for t

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000992207
  • Registered date
  • 2022/7/14 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved
  • Media size
  • 1280 × 720 pixel
  • Deployment size
  • 222.58(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Intensified DRC fighting displaces 35,000 civilians, injures 9 peacekeepers - Goma

    Intensified DRC fighting displaces 35,000 civilians, injures 9 peacekeepers - Goma

    Displaced people arrive by boat at the Nzulo port, near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Jan. 23, 2025. Intensified fighting in eastern DRC has triggered significant new displacement of civilians and injured nine peacekeepers, a UN spokesman said on Friday. Peter Cirimwami, the military governor of North Kivu, a province under a state of siege in eastern DR Congo, died amid violent hostilities and advances by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, authorities confirmed on Friday. This incident occurred amid violent clashes between the DRC military and the M23 rebels, who have taken control of Sake, a strategically important town considered the last barrier to Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM
      Intensified DRC fighting displaces 35,000 civilians, injures 9 peacekeepers - Goma

      Intensified DRC fighting displaces 35,000 civilians, injures 9 peacekeepers - Goma

      Displaced people are seen at the Nzulo port, near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Jan. 23, 2025. Intensified fighting in eastern DRC has triggered significant new displacement of civilians and injured nine peacekeepers, a UN spokesman said on Friday. Peter Cirimwami, the military governor of North Kivu, a province under a state of siege in eastern DR Congo, died amid violent hostilities and advances by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, authorities confirmed on Friday. This incident occurred amid violent clashes between the DRC military and the M23 rebels, who have taken control of Sake, a strategically important town considered the last barrier to Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM
        Intensified DRC fighting displaces 35,000 civilians, injures 9 peacekeepers - Goma

        Intensified DRC fighting displaces 35,000 civilians, injures 9 peacekeepers - Goma

        Displaced people arrive by boat at the Nzulo port, near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Jan. 23, 2025. Intensified fighting in eastern DRC has triggered significant new displacement of civilians and injured nine peacekeepers, a UN spokesman said on Friday. Peter Cirimwami, the military governor of North Kivu, a province under a state of siege in eastern DR Congo, died amid violent hostilities and advances by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, authorities confirmed on Friday. This incident occurred amid violent clashes between the DRC military and the M23 rebels, who have taken control of Sake, a strategically important town considered the last barrier to Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM
          Intensified DRC fighting displaces 35,000 civilians, injures 9 peacekeepers - Goma

          Intensified DRC fighting displaces 35,000 civilians, injures 9 peacekeepers - Goma

          Displaced people arrive by boat at the Nzulo port, near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Jan. 23, 2025. Intensified fighting in eastern DRC has triggered significant new displacement of civilians and injured nine peacekeepers, a UN spokesman said on Friday. Peter Cirimwami, the military governor of North Kivu, a province under a state of siege in eastern DR Congo, died amid violent hostilities and advances by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, authorities confirmed on Friday. This incident occurred amid violent clashes between the DRC military and the M23 rebels, who have taken control of Sake, a strategically important town considered the last barrier to Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM
            Intensified DRC fighting displaces 35,000 civilians, injures 9 peacekeepers - Goma

            Intensified DRC fighting displaces 35,000 civilians, injures 9 peacekeepers - Goma

            Displaced people are seen at the Nzulo port, near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Jan. 23, 2025. Intensified fighting in eastern DRC has triggered significant new displacement of civilians and injured nine peacekeepers, a UN spokesman said on Friday. Peter Cirimwami, the military governor of North Kivu, a province under a state of siege in eastern DR Congo, died amid violent hostilities and advances by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, authorities confirmed on Friday. This incident occurred amid violent clashes between the DRC military and the M23 rebels, who have taken control of Sake, a strategically important town considered the last barrier to Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM
              FILE-DR CONGO-CANTINE-FRESH FIGHTING

              FILE-DR CONGO-CANTINE-FRESH FIGHTING

              (240802) -- CANTINE, Aug. 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- File photo taken on July 25, 2024 shows a soldier seen in Cantine, a village in North Kivu Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). People in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have lately been caught up in fresh fighting pitting government troops against two rebel groups, the March 23 Movement (M23) and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). (Photo by Alain Uyakani/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Roundup: Eastern DR Congo buffeted by fresh flareups with ADF, M23 rebels
                FILE-DR CONGO-CANTINE-FRESH FIGHTING

                FILE-DR CONGO-CANTINE-FRESH FIGHTING

                (240802) -- CANTINE, Aug. 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- File photo taken on July 25, 2024 shows a local market in Cantine, a village in North Kivu Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). People in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have lately been caught up in fresh fighting pitting government troops against two rebel groups, the March 23 Movement (M23) and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). (Photo by Alain Uyakani/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Roundup: Eastern DR Congo buffeted by fresh flareups with ADF, M23 rebels
                  FILE-DR CONGO-CANTINE-FRESH FIGHTING

                  FILE-DR CONGO-CANTINE-FRESH FIGHTING

                  (240802) -- CANTINE, Aug. 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- File photo taken on July 25, 2024 shows people loading a truck in Cantine, a village in North Kivu Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). People in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have lately been caught up in fresh fighting pitting government troops against two rebel groups, the March 23 Movement (M23) and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). (Photo by Alain Uyakani/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Roundup: Eastern DR Congo buffeted by fresh flareups with ADF, M23 rebels
                    FILE-DR CONGO-GOMA-DISPLACED PEOPLE

                    FILE-DR CONGO-GOMA-DISPLACED PEOPLE

                    (240723) -- GOMA (DR CONGO), July 23, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- File photo taken on July 6, 2024 shows people selling fruit and vegetables at a camp for internally displaced people near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Uncertainty and a humanitarian crisis loom in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), despite an extended truce until Aug. 3 between the DRC military and the Movement of March 23 (M23) rebellion, which controls nearly 100 villages in the eastern North Kivu province. (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM
                      FILE-DR CONGO-GOMA-DISPLACED PEOPLE

                      FILE-DR CONGO-GOMA-DISPLACED PEOPLE

                      (240723) -- GOMA (DR CONGO), July 23, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- File photo taken on July 6, 2024 shows people at a camp for internally displaced people near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Uncertainty and a humanitarian crisis loom in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), despite an extended truce until Aug. 3 between the DRC military and the Movement of March 23 (M23) rebellion, which controls nearly 100 villages in the eastern North Kivu province. (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM