Civilians in DR Congo's Sake suffer from rebel M23 offensive

STORY: Civilians in DR Congo's Sake suffer from rebel M23 offensive SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 13, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people fleeing Sake towards Goma, eastern DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): EUSTACHE GASORE, Displaced person 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): SON AMANI, Displaced person 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): GUILAIN IRUNVA, Displaced person STORYLINE: For several weeks, residents of Sake, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have been living under the intensive exchange of heavy weapons fire as fighting flared up between government troops and March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, Xinhua correspondents observed on the ground. Located about 20 km from Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, much of which is occupied by the M23, Sake City is considered to be the last barrier for Goma, which was taken by M23 rebels in late 2012. The DRC army and military partners such as the Southern African Development

Several injuries reported in two explosions in eastern DR Congo

STORY: Several injuries reported in two explosions in eastern DR Congo SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 2, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:27 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the explosion site at a school near Goma, DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): FURAHA PASCA, Resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): ARSENE IRUNVA, Resident 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): DJUMA PILI RAMAZANI, Expert in explosive devices STORYLINE Several injuries were reported Friday after two explosive devices fell on a primary school in Mugunga, a peripheral district of Goma, the capital of the North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a Xinhua correspondent saw on site. The provisional report said some of the injured are in critical condition and have been taken to surrounding hospitals, as the school building was destroyed by the explosions. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): FURAHA PASCA, Resident "A bomb has just injured two people, an elderly woman and a 12-year-old girl. This woman is 80