# Clashes between pro-government forces and M23 rebels reached Goma in east Congo, residents told Reuters yesterday, as each side blamed the other for the worst violence in the area’s largest city since the rebels seized it in January. The toll from the clashes was not immediately clear. A government statement said 52 people had been killed in and around Goma. Residents reported gunfire and explosions into the pre-dawn hours of Sunday.
Clashes hit rebel-controlled Goma, largest city in east Congo