Goma camp residents fearful as M23 rebels demand their evacuation

The sounds of hammering and the clattering of corrugated metal roofs resonated throughout Goma’s Bulengo camp for internally displaced persons on Tuesday as residents began taking apart the shelters they had occupied for years.

They reported that M23 rebels, allegedly supported by Rwanda, passed through the camp on Saturday and ordered them to leave within three days.

Just weeks prior, M23 had seized control of Goma, a key city in…