Featured Essay: Rebel held Goma, DRC
In November 2012, M23 rebels took the
town of Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu in the east of the
Democratic Republic of Congo, after defeating the government army and
walking past United Nation peacekeepers who had vowed to defend the
city. Goma under the control of new administrators who had little
interest in governance, leaving much of the city's government
buildings and hospitals empty. Tens of thousands of people fleed as
sporadic fighting broke out in the areas surrounding Goma.
