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 ...

The United Nations says Rwanda-backed rebels captured large parts of eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma including its airport GOMA, Congo -- Rwanda-backed rebels captured large parts of Goma ...

Lemarquis said that earlier on Monday artillery fire was directed at Goma's city center and struck a maternity hospital, "killing and injuring civilians, including newborn and pregnant women." ...

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 ...

M23 rebels fighting Congolese government forces claim taking over Goma city which borders Rwanda Army in Kigali says more than 120 Congolese soldiers surrendered into Rwanda and disarmed Kigali ...

Ethnic Tutsi-led M23 rebels enter city of Goma Fighting continues amid conflicting claims about M23 advance Congo and UN accuse Rwanda of sending troops into Goma Conflict stems from Rwanda ...

Jan 25 - Congolese troops pushed back an attempted overnight advance by Rwanda-backed rebels on the eastern city of Goma, two Congolese army sources said on Saturday, after the sound of nearby ...

U.N. aid agencies are warning of a major humanitarian crisis as fighting continues in the Congolese city of Goma. The city of over 2 million people is the main trading hub of the mineral-rich region.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Once again, the eastern Congolese city of Goma has fallen to the Rwanda-backed ...

Congolese rebels and allied Rwandan forces entered the outskirts of Goma on Sunday and the airport in the key eastern city was no longer in use, the top U.N. official in the country said ...