Goma is threatened by conflict and a volcano: we’ve created a handbook to help hotspots like these
The city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was taken over by the M23 rebel group in January 2025. This was a tragic escalation of a decades-long conflict that’s led to mass ...
Horror as over 100 women 'raped and burned' in jailbreak in 'world's most dangerous city'
More than 100 female inmates of an African prison were raped and burned alive during a jailbreak, the United Nations said.
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 ...
The streets near where I shopped for groceries were strewn with dead bodies
On the streets I once walked and drove down daily, near the shopping centre where I bought my groceries, dead bodies lay ...
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The risk of further eruptions from volcano Nyiragongo led DR Congo authorities to order the evacuation of parts of the city of Goma Thursday, causing an immediate exodus of tens of thousands of ...
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The latest on the fighting in the Congolese city of Goma
There are growing international calls for Rwanda and the DRC to restart peace talks, as the Rwandan backed rebels take over a major city in the mineral rich region of eastern Congo.
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M23 rebels battling Congo's army close in on Goma as panic spreads among city's 2 million people
GOMA, Congo — Panic spread in eastern Congo's main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard ...
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Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their supplies
GOMA, Congo — Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, as fighting rages on between government forces and the Rwanda-backed ...
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The smouldering volcanoes of Eastern Congo
Eastern Congo, a peripheral part of the inter-lacustrine ... Surrounded by majestic lakes and a range of dormant and active volcanoes with its rich and alluvial soil feeding off the volcanic ...
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Protesters attack embassies in Congo's capital as security forces try to slow rebels in the east
GOMA, Congo — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city, as U.N ...
Giraffes grooming, Big Island eruption and more of the week’s best photos
See 12 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.
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Congo severs ties with Rwanda as rebels close in on Goma, displacing thousands
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces raged around the key eastern city of Goma, leaving at least 13 ...