DRC conflict: displaced return home

Goma is cautiously starting to come back to life after several days of fighting between Congolese forces and M23 fighters, but the morgues are overflowing and members of the Congolese Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are still collecting dozens of bodies a day. At least 700 people were killed and 2,800 wounded in the fighting for control of Goma between Sunday and Thursday, according to the UN. 

Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed Monday to continue providing support to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the face of nationwide calls to withdraw troops following the death of 14 South African soldiers.

M23 fighters have made substantial gains in the eastern DRC, taking the major city of Goma last week and vowing to march across the country to the capital Kinshasa.