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French UN aid worker among three killed in DRC drone strike

Soldiers from the M23 group seized control of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in January 2025. REUTERS - Arlette Bashizi

A French aid worker for the United Nations children’s agency Unicef and two other people were killed in a drone strike on a residential building in the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Karine Buisset, 54, died on Wednesday after a missile hit her home in the Himbi district, a neighbourhood home to expatriates, aid workers and humanitarian organisation headquarters. Large properties in the area have been requisitioned by leaders of the M23 armed rebel group.

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