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.
The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major Congo city declare …
2 days ago · The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized eastern Congo’s key city of Goma have announced a unilateral ceasefire in the region for humanitarian reasons. ... Cross personnel load bodies of victims of the fighting between Congolese government forces and M23 rebels in a truck in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, as the U.N ...
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. Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...
Life in Goma After a Rebel Takeover - The New York Times
4 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 ...
What to know about the fighting in DR Congo : NPR
5 days ago · GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — On Monday, M23 rebels backed by Rwandan troops entered the city of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. They have now taken control of the city ...
DR Congo fighting: Missiles fly over homes and bodies in streets in Goma
Jan 27, 2025 · The UN says hundreds of people are wounded and that bodies are lying in the streets of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo following an advance by M23 rebels on the key city. The ...
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 troops ...
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.
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,...