East African leaders call for ceasefire in DRC; humanitarian crisis worsens

Government soldiers and police officers, at right, who surrendered to M23 rebels, left, board trucks to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Jan. 30, 2025. In Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, a shop sits looted with the name of Rwandan President Paul Kagame written on a door following clashes in the eastern DRC city, on Jan. 30, 2025.

East African Community leaders on Wednesday called for an immediate ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where government forces are fighting rebel group M23, while aid agencies say the clashes are deepening the already dire humanitarian crisis there.