DRCONGO-UNREST

(AFP) Motorcycle taxi drivers gather to discuss news updates on the advance of the M23 armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in Bukavu, on February 1, 2025. The Rwandan-backed M23 group was pushing south in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo as the United Nations warned the escalating conflict had killed at least 700 people in less than a week.

The M23 took vital eastern trade hub Goma after intense fighting this week and has vowed to march all the way to the Democratic Republic of Congo capital. (Photo by Amani Alimasi / AFP)