Uneasy calm in Congo
Congolese soldiers walk alongside a group of Congolese women who were among thousands who fled to Goma as fighting erupted this week. Many had begun to return Thursday, a day after Congolese rebels declared a cease-fire. At least 10 people were shot to death and seven were wounded in the mayhem in Goma, United Nations officials said. (Walter Astrada / AFP/Getty Images)
U.N. peacekeeping forces are seen in front of the U.N. mission in Goma. The U.N., which has a 17,000-strong peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said it would transfer more troops to the northeast, acknowledging that the 850 troops now in Goma were no match for the situation. (Walter Astrada / AFP/Getty Images)
Congolese make the trek back home in Goma. On Wednesday, the governor of Goma, Julien Mpaluku, acknowledged that panic was spreading, but emphasized that U.N. peacekeepers were still in charge and that rebels had not entered the city. (Karel Prinsloo / Associated Press)
A Congolese soldier with a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher hitches a ride in Goma. There were reports that Congolese soldiers, who are notoriously ill-trained and underpaid, spent much of the night terrorizing the city, looting shops, firing weapons, raping women and harassing displaced families. (Karel Prinsloo / Associated Press)
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People mourn two women who they said were killed by a group of Congolese soldiers who looted their home in the Katindo neighborhood of Goma. U.N. peacekeeping soldiers cannot promise to protect civilians in the region, said a U.N. spokesman. (Walter Astrada / AFP/Getty Images)
This 17-year-old student was killed allegedly by a group of Congolese soldiers who looted his home and made him carry the goods into a van in Katindo, Goma. Rebels said how long the cease-fire lasts depends on the government. (Walter Astrada / AFP/Getty Images)
