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Tuesday, 20 November 2012

M23 now seizing Goma

Posted on 01:38 by Unknown
Forget my previous post!



M23 are now seizimg Goma.



Two residents of the Goma neighborhood of Imbi just told me they have

seen FARDC fleeing ahead of the advancing M23 troops.



"It's not a retreat," one of them told me. "It's a rout!"
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