3nloadSAKE: Congolese army troops headed to Goma on Monday to take over the key mining hub after rebels pulled out of the city in line with a regionally-mediated deal.

 

Dozens of trucks filled with soldiers left an army camp some 30 kilometres (20 miles) from Goma, according to an AFP reporter. A senior army officer said that in all a battalion was headed to the main city in the mineral-rich Kivu region.

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2012

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