GOMA, DR Congo, June 3 (Xinhua) -- In a dimly lit classroom of the Goma Technical Industrial Institute, 19-year-old Plamedie Byamungu leans over her desk, pen in hand, determined not to let the rat-a-tat of gunfire silence her future.
This week, more than 31,000 students, including over 14,000 girls, are sitting for these national exams in parts of North Kivu Province seized by the March 23 Movement (M23), a rebel force that has tightened its grip on eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since late 2022.
