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                                January 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
                               
                            
                        
                            2️⃣ The *besieged Congolese city of Goma has been rocked by heavy artillery fire* as France warned the regional capital was *on the brink of falling to militia fighters* and Rwandan troops.
 
🇨🇩 The *M23 armed group and Rwandan soldiers entered Goma's centre* on Sunday night after *weeks of advancing on the main city* in DR Congo's mineral-rich North Kivu province.
 
*French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the Rwanda-backed offensive _"must stop"_*, expressing his country's solidarity with the Democratic Republic of Congo _"as Goma prepares to fall"_.
 
With *international pressure mounting for an end to the battle for Goma,* Kenya said on Sunday that Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame had agreed to attend a summit in the next two days.
 
*M23 fighters and 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers had been laying siege to Goma* for several days, according to the United Nations and security sources.
                        
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                                    
                                        
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