EU sends humanitarian aid to conflict-hit eastern DR Congo
Baggage handlers offload a consignment of humanitarian aid from an EU flight at the airport in Goma, North Kivu province March 10, 2023. It will be distributed to civilians displaced by fighting between the Congolese army and M23 rebels. PHOTO | ARLETTE BASHIZI | REUTERS
A bright yellow cargo plane carrying tents, medical equipment, and other humanitarian aid landed on Friday in the eastern Congolese city of Goma — the first delivery under a European Union (EU) scheme to support some of the region's millions of displaced people.