Rwanda-backed rebels tighten grip on second major Congolese city

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Rwanda-backed rebels tighten grip on second major Congolese city  On Monday, Erasto Bahati Musanga, the rebel-appointed governor of North-Kivu province announced that Goma and Bukavu’s ports will reopen Tuesday  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/02/18/rwanda-backed-rebels-tighten-grip-on-second-major-congolese-city  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Red Cross workers pick up a charred body from a street in the center of Bokavu as Rwanda-backed

00:07rebels tighten their grip on the city.

00:11Residents gradually started coming out again Monday after a weekend of tension.

00:16Rebels driving on pick-up tracks and on foot patrolled major intersections in the city.

00:21Now we thank God that the situation is okay, even if we don't know what's coming.

00:28Whatever happens, we shall live with it.

00:35Some shopkeepers and vendors took advantage of the tense calm to reopen their shops.

00:40Traffic also picked up on Monday afternoon.

00:46In the town of Bokavu, the situation is quite good, but not like normal days.

00:51You see, there is insecurity here and there, and people aren't moving around as they did

00:57before.

00:58Bokavu, which lies 100 kilometers south of Goma, fell to the M23 rebels on Sunday.

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