<img src="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2025/01/27/TELEMMGLPICT000409781897_17379860421420_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQf0Rf_Wk3V23H2268P_XkPxc.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard" alt="Mass prison break in Democratic Republic of Congo after rebels seize city of Goma" width="100%" height="auto"><div class="component article-body-text " data-test="article-body-text"> <p>Thousands of prisoners in the eastern <a class="ck-custom-link" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/democratic-republic-of-congo/">Democratic Republic Congo (DRC)</a> city of Goma escaped in a mass jail break on Monday as <a class="ck-custom-link" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/26/rwanda-backed-rebels-told-withdraw-troops-goma-congo/">Rwanda-backed rebels</a> said they had captured the strategic city.</p><p>Fleeing prisoners streamed from the torched jail into the surrounding streets in the early hours of the morning, while artillery fire shook the key gold mining hub.</p> </div>

Fleeing prisoners escape from torched jail as Rwanda-backed rebels claim they have captured the strategic city{ai:summary}<p>A mass jailbreak occurred in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as thousands of prisoners escaped amid an attack by Rwanda-backed rebels who claimed to have taken control of the city. Artillery fire was reported, and fleeing inmates filled the streets.</p><p>#crime</p>

Mass prison break in Democratic Republic of Congo after rebels seize city of Goma

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