Weeks after M23 rebels seized Goma, residents are adjusting to a new reality. While some services continue, public support appears coerced as the rebels push forward.

While the fighting occurred very close to Goma town, most displaced persons had taken refuge with host families, as others had gathered in the concessions of churches and schools in the town.

After initially capturing parts of the Rutshuru and Masisi regions ... before the provincial capital, Goma. The rebels also took control of the mining town of Rubaya, which holds large coltan ...

Some human rights activists accuse the new rebel administration in Goma and other regions of enforcing orders through threats ... and humanitarian aid was needed. "The town of Goma currently has no ...