Goma, DRC: Nearly 3,000 people killed after rebels seize key …
1 day ago · At least 700 people have been killed and 2,800 people injured since Sunday in intense fighting in Goma, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, a UN spokesman said ...
Congo Mourns Its Dead After Rebels Capture Key City of Goma
1 day ago · Caleb Kabanda contributed reporting from Goma and Justin Makangara from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Elian Peltier is The Times’ West Africa correspondent, based in Dakar, Senegal ...
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.
Life in Goma After a Rebel Takeover - The New York Times
5 days ago · After a week of fighting, rebels backed by Rwanda have wrested almost full control over Goma, a city of two million in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Hospitals are overflowing with the ...
DR Congo conflict: What is the fighting in Goma about?
Jan 27, 2025 · The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. ... It was forced to withdraw from Goma, and then ...
DR Congo crisis: ‘The violence must end now’, UN Security Council …
Jan 28, 2025 · The Security Council met for the second time in three days on Tuesday over the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with UN agencies and partners on the ground reporting chaos in the streets of the regional capital Goma amid rising death and displacement as the M23 armed group takes over towns and villages.
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key …
Jan 28, 2025 · A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region this week, pushing back against resistance from government...
Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Jan 29, 2025 · 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...
Rebels Backed by Rwanda Announce Capture of Key City in Eastern Congo
Jan 27, 2025 · A rebel militia backed by Rwanda on Monday announced the capture of the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a major victory for the group and one of the most significant ...
DR Congo violence: Panic in Goma as M23 rebels advance - BBC
Feb 11, 2024 · Emile Bolingo is not sure how long he and other residents of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, can hold out. This major city in the region, with about two million people,...