Members of the Congolese Red Cross gather the bodies of victims from the recent clashes at the morgue of the Provincial Hospital of North Kivu in Goma, January 29, 2025. /VCG
The World Health Organization said on Thursday that over 2,000 people have been wounded by fighting in and around Goma, the key eastern city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and 45 people have died, citing unnamed reports.
"There are reports of 2,029 wounded in health facilities and other points of care, and 45 dead across three health zones in North Kivu," the UN health agency said in a statement.
It also warned that displacement had increased the risk of the spread of diseases like mpox, cholera and measles.