Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo’s Goma in major escalation

Rwandan-backed rebels marched into eastern Congo’s largest city Goma on Monday, and the UN said they were supported by at least some regular Rwandan troops, in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict for more than a decade.

A rebel alliance spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia said it had seized the lakeside city of more than 2 million people, a hub for displaced people and aid groups lying