Critical minerals factor into the fight.
The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has ...
M23 rebels have attacked Goma with heavy firing, killing and injuring many while forcing countless others to flee ...
Even before Goma fell to Rwanda-backed rebels, the city was already knee-deep in a water crisis caused in part by dilapidated ...
Rwandan-backed rebels who have swept through eastern Congo this week met resistance from the army and its allies including ...
The fall of Goma in North Kivu marks a temporary low point in eastern DRC’s decades-long turmoil.
(Reuters) -Rwandan-backed M23 rebels asserted their control over east Congo's largest city Goma on Thursday by calling on ...
On Sunday, Bruno Lemarquis, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo, warned that “the ...
Regional tensions spiral as peacekeepers killed in fighting following Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group offensive ...
On January 27, M23 rebels, a group synonymous with the March 23 Movement claimed that they had taken over Goma, on the ...
With tensions rising and the fear of violence casting a heavy shadow over the city, Goma stands as a ghost town, its streets stripped of the energy that once defined it. The hum of daily life has been ...
Some people welcomed a TV address by President Félix Tshisekedi during which he called for a massive military mobilisation.