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Drone strike kills UN aid worker in the eastern Congo city of Goma

A series of explosions attributed to drones killed at least one person, a U.N. aid worker, as the attack on the Wednesday rocked downtown Goma in eastern Congo, according to the M23 rebel group and local residents. The drone strikes hit Lake Kivu and a private residence located about 50 meters (164 feet) from the home of former Congo President Joseph Kabila Kabange. M23 blamed the government for the attack. The government didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The rebel group said that the attack killed three people, but the number couldn’t be immediately confirmed. Residents said they only had seen a single body. Karine Buisset, a French national and a UNICEF employee, was in the residence and killed in the attack, M23 and residents said. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell confirmed Buisset’s death in a post on X.

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