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700 People Killed In DR Congo City Of Goma Since Sunday
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At least 700 people have been killed since Sunday in intense fighting in Goma, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, a UN spokesman said Friday.
Rwandan-backed armed group M23 has seized Goma, the biggest city in the country’s east, and is advancing south as volunteers and the struggling Congolese army attempt to beat them back.
“The World Health Organization and its partners conducted an assessment with the government” between Sunday and Thursday, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general.
They reported that “700 people have been killed and 2,800 people injured that are receiving treatment in health facilities,” he said.
Goma was taken after fighting earlier this week, and M23 fighters have vowed to march to the capital Kinshasa.
“If you look at the past, this has the potential of triggering a wider regional conflict,” UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said during a press conference.
“Therefore it is of the utmost importance that all diplomatic efforts should be geared toward avoiding this and bringing about the secession of hostilities,” he said.
In Goma, “the situation remains tense and volatile, with occasional shooting continuing within the city,” Lacroix said, but added that calm has been “gradually restored.”
Lacroix said he is concerned about the fighters’ advance towards the south, towards the large city of Bukavu, in South Kivu.
“The information I have is that M23 and RDF are about 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of Bukavu,” he said, referring to the Rwanda Defence Force, and added that they “seem to be moving quite fast.”
One risk is that they might capture the Kavumu airport, also in South Kivu, he said.
The Democratic Republic of Congo accuses Rwanda of seeking to profit from the region’s wealth of minerals which are used in global electronics — a claim backed by UN experts which say Kigali has “de facto control” over the M23.
Rwanda denies this — and any military involvement — saying its primary interest is to eradicate a group composed of Hutu militants formed in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
AFP
Russian authorities have accused Ukraine of carrying out a deadly drone attack on a university complex in Starobelsk, in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region, claiming that 21 students were killed in the strike.
According to a statement circulated by Russian officials, the attack occurred on the night of May 22 and targeted the academic building and dormitory of Lugansk State Pedagogical University.
Russian authorities alleged that 16 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including four heavy drones, were deployed in three waves during the operation.
Officials described the incident as one of the deadliest attacks on a civilian educational facility in the region since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, claiming that the victims were students residing in the university dormitory.
“Just a week ago, they were students with dreams, plans and a future. Today, all that remains are photographs, memories and unbearable grief,” the statement said.
The authorities further alleged that the strike was deliberate and targeted civilians rather than military infrastructure.
The claims could not be independently verified, and Ukrainian authorities had not publicly responded to the allegations at the time of filing this report.
Since the start of the conflict, both Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly accused each other of carrying out attacks on civilian infrastructure, allegations that are often difficult to verify independently due to ongoing hostilities and restricted access to affected areas.
The reported incident has renewed concerns among humanitarian organizations about the impact of the war on educational institutions and young people caught in the conflict.
The Russia-Ukraine war, now in its fifth year, has resulted in thousands of civilian casualties, widespread displacement and extensive damage to homes, schools, hospitals and critical infrastructure across both countries.
International observers have consistently called for independent investigations into attacks involving civilian casualties, regardless of the parties involved, to establish the facts and ensure accountability under international humanitarian law.
Iran’s foreign ministry on Tuesday accused the United States of violating a fragile ceasefire during the past 48 hours in the southern coastal province of Hormozgan, without specifying the incident.
“The US terrorist army, continuing its illegal and unjustified actions since the ceasefire … has, in the past 48 hours, committed a gross violation of the ceasefire in the Hormozgan region,” the ministry said in a statement.
The US Central Command said forces had on Monday attacked missile sites and boats it said were trying to lay mines in the Gulf, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it had fired at US aircraft attempting to enter the country’s airspace.
AFP
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the restoration of international internet access in Iran, which had been suspended since the United States and Israel launched attacks against the country, local media reported Monday.
“The decree aimed at restoring internet access to its pre-January state was communicated to the Ministry of Communications by the president,” Iranian news agencies Tasnim and Fars reported.
Authorities shut down the internet during large-scale anti-government protests that peaked in early January, then suspended it again on February 28 at the start of the Middle East war.
Since then, the population has only had access to domestic platforms and websites.
AFP
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