DR CONGO-GOMA-SADC-JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS

(240116) -- GOMA (DR CONGO), Jan. 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 16, 2024 shows Lieutenant General Fall Sikabwe, coordinator of military operations of DRC's military in North Kivu, in Goma, capital of North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday announced in Goma the start of joint military operations with military elements of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional bloc, in the eastern part of the country. (Photo by Alain Uyakani/Xinhua)