{"id":14673,"date":"2026-03-11T12:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=14673"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:48:07","slug":"un-aid-worker-killed-in-dr-congos-rebel-held-goma-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=14673","title":{"rendered":"UN aid worker killed in DR Congo\u2019s rebel-held Goma | Conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>France\u2019s president said a French aid worker with UNICEF was killed, after M23 rebels said a \u2018combat drone\u2019 hit the city.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p class=\"p1\">A French aid worker for the United Nations children\u2019s agency has been killed in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, France\u2019s president said, after M23 rebels who control the city said air strikes hit a house there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA French humanitarian from UNICEF has been killed in Goma,\u201d French President Emmanuel Macron said on X on Wednesday. \u201cI call for respect for humanitarian law and for the personnel who are on the ground and who are committed to saving lives,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Goma is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo\u2019s (DRC) North Kivu province, a strategic city that Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized from government control in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Since taking up arms again in 2021, M23 has captured swathes of the mineral-rich Congolese east, unleashing a fresh spiral of violence in a region long plagued by fighting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka said a drone attack in the early hours of Wednesday hit a residential building in the centre of Goma. He said Karine Buisset, a French national and UNICEF employee, was in the residence at the time and had been killed. The UN has yet to comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Video shared online and verified by Al Jazeera showed a house with part of its roof destroyed, and a trail of smoke emerging from one side. Sources on the ground, speaking to Al Jazeera, confirmed the structural damage.<\/p>\n<p>An aid worker close to the house that was hit told the AFP news agency that he heard the sound of a drone, followed by a loud explosion that blew a \u201chole in the roof\u201d of the building.<\/p>\n<p>Local residents and humanitarian sources told AFP that several sites were hit and several people may have been killed.<\/p>\n<p>Kanyuka said a \u201ccombat drone\u201d had been used against the city, and blamed the Congolese government for the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis morning, the city of Goma was struck by a drone-led terrorist attack \u2026 targeting the United Nations and the European Union,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis act of aggression constitutes an intolerable provocation targeting a densely populated urban area and deliberately endangering thousands of innocent civilians,\u201d Kanyuka said.<\/p>\n<p>The Congolese government has not yet commented on the M23 claims.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"violations-of-peace-deal\">\u2018Violations\u2019 of peace deal<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The incident comes a day after the DRC\u2019s army, also known as FARDC, said it shot down two drones belonging to Rwandan forces and \u201ctheir allies\u201d after they entered Congolese airspace in neighbouring South Kivu province.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The drones were downed in Mikenge \u201cafter they illegally violated Congolese airspace in the Minembwe area\u201d, said an X account affiliated with the FARDC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis act of aggression constitutes a new provocation and a violation of the Washington Accord,\u201d it said, adding that the Congolese forces \u201cremain vigilant, disciplined, and ready to defend\u201d DRC\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">M23 rebels seized the capitals of both North and South Kivu provinces last year, as well as other cities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">They have advanced across several areas in the resource-rich east, even after an agreement signed with the Congolese government in Qatar last year, and following a separate accord signed between the DRC and Rwanda in the United States on December 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">DRC\u2019s government, the UN and the US all accuse Rwanda of supporting M23, something Kigali denies as it says it is facing threats from armed groups in the DRC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The US sanctioned Rwanda\u2019s military and four of its senior officers on March 2, accusing them of backing the M23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In response, Kigali said it regretted the sanctions as \u201cone-sided\u201d and defended its military.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France\u2019s president said a French aid worker with UNICEF was killed, after M23 rebels said a \u2018combat drone\u2019 hit the city. 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