Civilians carry their belongings as they flee from the Nzulo camp for the internally displaced to Goma, as fighting intensifies between the M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), near Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo on January 22, 2025. (Photo by Arlette Bashizi/Reuters)





IInternally displaced civilians from the camps in Munigi and Kibati, carry their belongings as they flee following fighting in Goma, on January 26, 2025. (Photo by Aubin Mukoni/Reuters)





Internally displaced civilians from the camps in Munigi and Kibati, use a tshukudu (a two-wheeled wooden handmade vehicle) to transport their belongings as they flee following the fight between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on January 26, 2025. (Photo by Aubin Mukoni/Reuters)





A Congolese police officer stops protesters at the building housing the Rwandan embassy, looted by protesters, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Justin Makangara/Reuters)





Supporters of the military junta take part in a march to celebrate the withdrawal of Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and show their support for the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), in Niamey, Niger, 28 January 2025. The Alliance of Sahel States, consisting of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, will exit ECOWAS on 29 January 2025, a year after the three countries announced their intentions to withdraw from the economic union. ECOWAS gave the Alliance a new effective departure date of 29 July, hoping the six-month transition period would convince the three countries to return, though 29 January remains the official withdrawal date. (Photo by Issifou Djibo/EPA/EFE)





M23 rebels escort Romanian mercenaries to the border crossing into Rwanda in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, January 29, 2025. (Photo by Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo)





A child pushes a suitcase towards Rwanda security officials checking people crossing from Congo in Gisenyi, Rwanda, Wednesday, January 29, 2025, following M23 rebels' advances into eastern Congo's capital Goma. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





A member of the M23 armed group holds position behind barbed wire as civilians fleeing ongoing clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo cross the border into Rwanda at the La Corniche Border Post in Gisenyi on January 29, 2025. The fate of DR Congo's besieged city of Goma appeared to be all but sealed on January 29, 2025, after Rwandan-backed fighters seized control of the airport and most of the centre and neighbourhoods of the key mineral trading hub. (Photo by Tony Karumba/AFP Photo)





A World Bank staff member carries a suitcase, as he evacuates from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid fighting between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), at the border at Gisenyi, in Rubavu district, Rwanda, on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday, January 30, 2025. (Photo by Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo)





People rush to shop in downtown Goma, Congo Thursday, January 30, 2025, after the M23 rebels advanced into eastern Congo's capital Goma. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Thursday, January 30, 2025. (Photo by Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo)





A person holds bags of potatoes from the Kibati market, on a traditional scooter (chukudu), to sell in Goma, days after the M23 rebel group seized the town of Goma, North Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on February 2, 2025. (Photo by Arlette Bashizi/Reuters)





Members of the Congolese Red Cross and volunteers carry victims of the recent conflict before burying them in a cemetery in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 04 February 2025. Over 900 people were killed and around 2,800 injured in the last two weeks in the eastern city of Goma of the DRC amid fighting between the M23 (March 23 Movement) rebel group and the government forces, the World Health Organization said on 03 February. The M23 (March 23 Movement) took control of Goma city, the capital of the North Kivu Province, days after claiming to have captured most of it after launching a large-scale offensive in the east of the DR Congo, which the DR Congo and the UN accuse Rwanda of backing. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





Members of the Congolese Red Cross and Civil Protection bury dozens of victims of the recent clashes in a cemetery in Goma on February 4, 2025. At least 900 people have been killed and more than 2,800 people injured in the recent fighting in Goma, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, the UN said on Monday. 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. (Photo by Alexis Huguet/AFP Photo)





A man sells barbecued chicken at a market stall in Lagos, Nigeria, 04 February 2025. The surge in inflation rates and the Naira's depreciation is being felt across Nigeria, increasing the cost of food, transport, and energy prices. (Photo by Emmanuel Adegboye/EPA)





Dancers perform before the start of day 3 of the African Mining Indaba 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 5, 2025. (Photo by Shelley Christians/Reuters)





Civilians attend a meeting organised by M23 at the Stade de L'Unite, a few days after the town of Goma was taken by M23 rebels, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 6, 2025. (Photo by Arlette Bashizi/Reuters)





A group of prospective police recruits, ready to be enrolled in the M23 controlled force, salute in the courtyard of a police station in Goma on February 6, 2025. More than a week after the battle for the North Kivu provincial capital, the M23 on Wednesday appointed people to public positions. Goma now has two officials for many public posts – two mayors, two governors – which locals said has created confusion. The M23 administration is still in its embryonic stages and struggling to respond to daily problems in the war-wounded city. (Photo by Michel Lunanga/AFP Photo)





A man drives his horse cart ahead of a memorial ceremony to remember migrants who lost their life at sea on the beach in Mbao, on February 6, 2025. Beaches like the one in Mbao are one of the many departure points for the thousands of Africans who have been taking the perilous Atlantic route for years, attempting to reach Europe mainly via the Spanish Canary Islands, often on overcrowded and outdated boats.Thousands of people have died on this route in recent years, many of them young Senegalese heavily affected by unemployment in search for a better future for them and their families. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt/AFP Photo)