Rebels widely believed to be backed by Rwanda claimed control of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday, walking through the frontier city of one million people past United Nations peacekeepers who did nothing to stop them.
Fighters from the M23 group entered Goma following days of clashes with UN-backed Congolese soldiers that forced tens of thousands of residents to flee. A senior UN source said inter-national peacekeepers had given up defending the city after the Congolese troops evacuated.
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