A member of the M23 armed group holds position behind barbed wire as civilians fleeing ongoing clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo cross the border into Rwanda at the La Corniche Border Post in Gisenyi on January 29, 2025. The fate of DR Congo's besieged city of Goma appeared to be all but sealed on January 29, 2025, after Rwandan-backed fighters seized control of the airport and most of the centre and neighbourhoods of the key mineral trading hub. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)