Bodies on streets, hospitals struggle, battles intensify in DR Congo’s Goma
5 days ago · 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.
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.
Goma under the M23: BBC visits DR Congo city under rebel control
4 hours ago · More than 700 people died as fighters from the M23 group captured the eastern city of Goma. ... the French acronym for the DRC's armed forces. Near the base of the UN peacekeeping mission (Monusco ...
DR Congo conflict: What is the fighting in Goma about?
6 days ago · 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.
Life in Goma After a Rebel Takeover - The New York Times
1 day ago · For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much uncertainty. Rwanda-backed rebels took control of Goma, a city on Lake Kivu ...
Rwanda-backed rebels vow to take DRC capital after claiming capture of Goma
2 days ago · The bloody conflict in the eastern DRC took a dramatic turn this week when Kigali-backed fighters from the M23 claimed to take control of Goma in North Kivu province before advancing southwards in ...
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key …
5 days ago · Goma is home to around two million people and is the largest city in North Kivu. ... Goma’s fall to M23 “will be the symbol of its complete and total capture” of the eastern part of the DRC.”
Rwanda-DRC: Have M23 rebels taken over key city of Goma, and …
6 days ago · The UN estimates there are up to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers in the DRC. In 2012, M23 first seized Goma, but the Congolese army, supported by a UN force, pushed the rebels back into the eastern hills ...
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.
Rwandan-Backed M23 Rebels Seize Goma And Advance Further Into Eastern DRC
18 hours ago · [+] morgue of Goma General Hospital on February 1, 2025. The Rwandan-backed M23 group was pushing south in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo as the United Nations warned the escalating conflict had ...