AFP 12 | Alexis HUGUET

Lake Kivu, near Minova (Democratic Republic of Congo), March 10, 2024
A boy watches as displaced people and local residents make their way to Goma in a wooden boat they built themselves on Lake Kivu, near Minova, in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on 10 March 2024. In early February, M23 rebels, backed by the Rwandan army, took control of the road linking Goma, capital of North Kivu, to Minova and Bukavu, causing the Congolese army to flee to Minova as well as tens of thousands of civilians.