The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major Congo city declare a unilateral ceasefire
The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Congo declared a unilateral ceasefire Monday, citing humanitarian ...
'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.
Wetin BBC see wen dem visit Goma, di DR Congo city wey dey under rebel control
M23, wey dey made up of ethnic Tutsis, say dem dey fight for minority rights, while DR Congo goment say di Rwanda-backed ...
Congo health ministry says 773 bodies in Goma hospital morgues
There were 773 bodies in hospital morgues in and around the eastern Congolese city of Goma as of Jan. 30 following this ...
Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they’ve captured the key city of Goma
Rwanda-backed rebels claimed on Monday they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing ...
‘No safe place to go to from Goma’ for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city
Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against ...
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Rwanda-backed rebels seize control of Congo’s Goma after violent clashes
Goma is the capital of Congo’s mineral-rich North Kivu region, a longtime tinderbox for ethnic violence and home to one of Africa’s most protracted conflicts. The city’s fall to the rebel ...
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Why Are Congo and Rwanda on the Brink of War?
M23 opened a new front within Congo, attacking the province of South Kivu in addition to its continued campaign in North Kivu. They could eventually target Bukavu, a city even larger than Goma.
Texas Public Radio1d
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.
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Residents of Congo’s besieged city live in fear as government forces battle rebel takeover
Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as gunshots continue to ring out around their homes, days after rebel forces ...