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Civilians suffer as M23 and army fight in east DR Congo

Twizire Bukomeye lies on a hospital bed in DR Congo

Twizire Bukomeye, 35, lies on a hospital bed in the surgical unit of the ICRC in Goma on November 19, 2022. She was abounded after a bomb hit their house on October 27 killing her husband. PHOTO | ALEXIS HUGUET | AFP

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Goma

From her hospital bed in east Democratic Republic of Congo's city of Goma, Furaha Twizere recounted how artillery rounds killed her husband instantly.

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