I experienced the fall of Goma. I had to leave my Congolese colleagues in a critical situation
A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...
Residents in Goma struggling for basics
Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city just over a month ago. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical ...
It’s been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling
Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical trade ...
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Buffalo News7dOpinion
Another Voice: An international effort is needed to meaningfully help Goma
Goma’s takeover by the M23 rebels represents more than a typical political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo because it holds deep personal significance for me. The fall of ...
The Conversation16d
Goma is threatened by conflict and a volcano: we’ve created a handbook to help hotspots like these
has helped build collaboration between the Goma Volcano Observatory and global institutes studying and monitoring volcanic hazards. This is good practice, but the work is routinely hampered by a ...
The Washington Post11d
As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target
GOMA, Congo — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers, the families say, with the troops’ wives chased ...
Al Jazeera English1mon
Food prices skyrocket in DR Congo’s Goma after M23 takeover
Camps hosting displaced people in Goma were already reliant on humanitarian aid before the January 26 escalation. But the fighting interrupted the essential work of aid agencies, leaving tens of ...
The Associated Press on MSN21d
Congolese church leaders meet Rwanda-backed rebels in the east in latest push for peace
All parties to the conflict must also work to restore infrastructural services in Goma, which served as a critical humanitarian hub hosting many of the 6.5 million displaced by the conflict, said ...
The Boston Globe5d
It’s been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling.
GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical trade and humanitarian hub, say they are struggling on ...
Yahoo11d
As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target
Louise Sabina, 39, poses for a photo Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 in a Goma, eastern Congo school where she and her 10 children found shelter after her soldier husband was sent to Rumangabo for mixing ...