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DR Congo: near Goma, displaced people begin long journey home
Once crowded with white makeshift huts, the huge Kanyaruchinya camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Goma, in ...
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DR Congo: People in Goma face immense challenges in wake of fighting
In Goma, people are still suffering in the aftermath of the recent fighting between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army. A ...
'People are afraid': BBC visits DR Congo city under rebel control
The M23 captured Goma, a city of nearly two million people, last week after a lightning advance in DR Congo's eastern region.
UN Says the Death Toll in Fighting in the Eastern Congo City of Goma Is at Least 900
The U.N. health agency says that fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major ...
Fighting in Eastern DRC’s Goma Kills 733 in One Week; Hospitals and Morgues Overwhelmed
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at least 773 people were killed over the past week after rebels seized the eastern ...
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DRC conflict: Food prices skyrocket in Goma as conflict blocks food supplies
Analysis by ActionAid staff in Goma has found that the cost of essentials like flour and oil has more than doubled as a ...
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Rebels Backed by Rwanda Announce Capture of Key City in Eastern Congo
The M23 militia, funded and directed by Rwanda, said it had seized the city of Goma, terrifying its people, many of whom sought shelter there after fleeing the rebel advance. By Caleb Kabanda and ...
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People in Goma hope the rebel takeover of their city means an end to the war, at least
A glimpse of life after the siege in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, as some semblance of a tenous peace returns, as does the fear of reprisals.
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Life in Goma, the Congolese city under a new occupation
A glimpse of life after the siege in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, as some semblance of a tenuous peace returns, as does the fear of reprisals.
M23 rebels battling Congo's army close in on Goma as panic spreads among city's 2 million people
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic spread in eastern Congo's main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and ...
The New York Times7d
They Fled a Rebel Advance. Then the Rebels Marched on Their Refuge.
Goma was under siege. But bombs were falling to the north and west. People had nowhere to go but the city. They were caught in a trap. Early on Monday morning, M23 announced it had captured Goma.