AFP on MSN10m
Fire and fury: the intense fight for DRC's Goma
Goma, which fell to M23 fighters and the Rwandan military last week, has become a symbol of the conflict that has ripped ...
Zawya24m
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): UN call to reopen Goma airport ‘lifeline’, as crisis deepens
Rebels have seized control of large areas of Goma, setting up checkpoints and severely restricting humanitarian access, ...
ActionAid1d
DRC conflict: Food prices skyrocket in Goma as conflict blocks food supplies
Analysis by ActionAid staff in Goma has found that the cost of essentials like flour and oil has more than doubled as a ...
Crisis in the DRC: In Goma with the victims of the war between the M23 and the Congolese army
Between 700,000 and 1 million people are living in refugee camps around the capital of North Kivu. Their critical situation ...
thenewhumanitarian1d
Goma capture sparks fears of deeper regional conflict as Rwanda-backed rebels push south
Kenyan President William Ruto, the East African Community (EAC) chair, convened a virtual summit on 29 January to discuss the ...
Rwanda’s president says he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in DRC
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has told CNN he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where fighting between the M23 armed group and Congolese ...
Human Rights Watch1d
In DRC, a durable solution means addressing justice
The South African National Defence Force confirmed on 27 January that three more soldiers had been killed in fighting near ...
There are bodies in the streets in the DRC as rebel group's sweep reignites decades old conflict
A deadly insurgency is sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country three times the size of Texas that is estimated ...
Al Jazeera on MSN1d
Tense calm, fears for the future in DRC’s Goma a week after M23 takeover
Tens of thousands of IDPs are leaving and routine is tentatively returning, as residents hope for peace despite crisis.