What to know about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo as …
5 days ago · DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government’s last stronghold in the region bordering Rwanda.. The offensive by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has stretched local hospitals to the limit, with hundreds of wounded coming in every day as civilians get caught ...
Fear and gunshots after Rwanda-backed rebels claim takeover of …
2 days ago · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, were fleeing on Monday after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces as fighting escalated in recent days despite calls from the U.N. Security Council for the insurgents to withdraw.. Gunshots rang out across Goma overnight before dozens of rebels in military uniform early ...
DR Congo conflict: What is the fighting in Goma about? - BBC
1 day ago · 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 fighting: Missiles fly over homes and bodies in streets in Goma
2 days ago · 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 ...
Bodies on streets, hospitals struggle, battles intensify in DR Congo’s Goma
1 day ago · Bodies on streets, hospitals struggle, battles intensify in DR Congo’s Goma. The M23 rebel group has declared the key city of Goma under its control, signalling a big blow to the Congolese army.
Rebels Backed by Rwanda Announce Capture of Key City in Eastern Congo
2 days ago · 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 ...
Congo-Rwanda Live: M23 rebels march into Goma, thousands flee
2 days ago · Rwandan-backed M23 rebels marched into the centre of Goma, the largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds
2 days ago · As fighting intensifies between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and Congolese forces, UN chief of Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix underscored the critical state of the battle for eastern DRC’s regional capital Goma, describing the crisis as “volatile and dangerous”.
Rwanda-backed rebels take control of airport in Goma, eastern Congo…
1 day ago · Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city, Goma, on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the ...
Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo
1 day ago · In a call with President Felix Tshisekedi of Congo on Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio “condemned the assault on Goma by the Rwanda-backed M23 and affirmed the United States’ respect for ...