‘No safe place to go to from Goma’ for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city
Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against ...
With fear and fist-bumps, Goma residents greet Congo's M23 rebels again
Residents of eastern Congo's largest city of Goma greeted the arrival of Rwanda-backed rebels with trepidation on Monday, ...
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Rwanda, DR Congo leaders in crisis summit as Goma's fate hangs in balance
The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on ...
Dead bodies on the streets and hospitals overwhelmed as rebels battle government in DR Congo city of Goma
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are looking to occupy the major Congolese city of Goma, after previously doing so in 2012 ...
M23 rebels in Goma: gains to boost illicit mineral trade through Rwanda, analysts say
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
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The Fall of Goma
Once again, the eastern Congolese city of Goma has fallen to the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group. The mayhem is certainly real; the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) displacement crisis is second ...
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M23 attack on Goma: Who are FARDC’s allies on the ground?
Since the M23 rebels and Rwandan soldiers launched a large-scale offensive in the key eastern DRC city of Goma on 23 January, ...
Congo's M23 rebels control Goma airport, diplomatic and security sources say
Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group has gained control of the airport in the eastern city of Goma, diplomatic and ...
Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo
A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...