DR Congo conflict: What is the fighting in Goma about?
Jan 31, 2025 · After a rapid advance in the region, fighters from the M23 rebel group have captured almost all of Goma – a major city of more than a million people in the east of DR Congo.
Goma, DRC: Nearly 3,000 people killed after rebels seize key …
5 days ago · Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...
Goma - Wikipedia
Goma is the capital and largest city of the North Kivu Province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu and shares borders with Bukumu Chiefdom to the north, Rwanda to the east and Masisi Territory to the west.
What to know about the fighting in DR Congo : NPR
Jan 31, 2025 · DRC's government has called the takeover a "declaration of war" by neighboring Rwanda. Goma, a regional hub of over 2 million people, is on the DRC's border with Rwanda.
‘Days of Mass Burials Ahead’ as Congo Mourns Its Dead in Goma
5 days ago · In Goma on Wednesday, pockets of the city remained unreachable to humanitarian agencies that lost months of aid in looting last week. Medicine, bags of rice from the World Food Program and cans of ...
Bodies on streets, hospitals struggle, battles intensify in DR Congo’s Goma
Jan 28, 2025 · DRC’s Rural Development Minister Muhindo Nzangi said the Congolese army controlled 80 percent of Goma, with Rwandan troops either on the city’s outskirts or back across the border.
The extremely serious humanitarian situation in Goma requires …
Jan 30, 2025 · Attachments. Download attachment (PDF | 147.92 KB); Kinshasa, January 30, 2025 – The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Bruno Lemarquis, reiterates his deep concern over the critical situation in Goma.After several days of intense fighting, the city is now facing the devastating consequences of the hostilities, with …
Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In early 2025, fighting between Congolese security forces and militant groups led by M23 escalated rapidly, culminating in M23’s capture of Goma, the regional hub of the Eastern Democratic...
DR Congo rebels close in on Goma as 13 peacekeepers killed - BBC
Jan 26, 2025 · UN Secretary General António Guterres has called on Rwanda to withdraw its forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo's territory and on the M23 rebel group to stop its advance on the eastern...
DR Congo violence: Panic in Goma as M23 rebels advance - BBC
Feb 11, 2024 · Rebels from the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 movement are blocking the two main roads into Goma from the north and the west and preventing produce from getting through.