The Finding Women of Goma

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

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In the Congolese city occupied by rebels, women use a credit-saving association to finance their lives and small businesses, but there are also critics of such initiatives.

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M23 rebels on the road that connects Goma to the city of Sake. Photo: Samuel Abiba The situation in Goma, the border town of the Congo, taken by rebel group M23 last January, is critical. Citizens are trying to continue their daily lives, while shortages of all kinds are raging and security is only holding on to a thread. On the spot, many people express a climate of terror that is hovering over the city. "It disturbs us. Every night, there are …