DR of Congo governor ‘killed by rebels’ as fighting intensifies

Major General Peter Cirimwami, governor of the province of Nord-Kivu, photographed at a news conference in Goma, DR of Congo (Moses Sawasawa/AP)

The governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North-Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, authorities said, as M23 rebels closed in on the provincial capital.

M23 made significant territorial gains in recent weeks, encircling Goma, which is home to around two million people and a regional hub for security and humanitarian efforts.