Congo severs ties with Rwanda as rebels close in on Goma, …
17 hours ago · Since 2021, Congo’s government and allied forces, including SAMIDRC and UN troops, have been keeping M23 away from Goma. The UN peacekeeping force entered Congo more than two decades ago and has ...
M23 rebels battling Congo’s army close in on Goma as panic …
3 days ago · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic spread in eastern Congo’s main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the city’s distant outskirts and hundreds of wounded civilians were brought in to the main hospital from the area of the fighting.
UN describes 'mass panic' in Goma as Rwanda-backed rebels ... - CBC.ca
6 hours ago · The M23 rebels announced the capture of Goma in a statement minutes before a 48-hour deadline imposed by the group for the Congolese army to surrender their weapons expired.
DR Congo: Thousands flee as M23 rebels close in on key city of Goma …
10 hours ago · The M23 rebels have called on Congolese troops in Goma to surrender in order to avoid bloodshed. The group has taken control of vast parts of mineral-rich eastern DR Congo since 2021.
Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have seized key city in Congo - NPR
7 hours ago · GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo—In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, government forces and allies defending the city of Goma appear to have collapsed, with M23 rebels backed by ...
Thousands flee as rebels close in on key DR Congo city - BBC
10 hours ago · The M23 rebels have called on Congolese troops in Goma to surrender in order to avoid bloodshed. The group has taken control of vast parts of mineral-rich eastern DR Congo since 2021.
International peacekeepers killed as fighting rages around key
12 hours ago · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead, United Nations and army officials said Saturday. M23 has made ...
DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack | UN News
2 days ago · “We are deeply alarmed at the heightened risk of an attack by the M23 armed group on Goma, the capital of North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…Any such attack on Goma risks catastrophic impacts on hundreds of thousands of civilians, putting them at heightened exposure to human rights violations and abuses,” said Ravina Shamdasani, …
DR Congo violence: Panic in Goma as M23 rebels advance - BBC
Feb 11, 2024 · Rebels from the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 movement are blocking the two main roads into Goma from the north and the west and preventing produce from getting through.
Thousands flee in eastern DR Congo as M23 rebels advance near Goma
Feb 7, 2024 · Thousands of people are fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as fighting intensifies between the Congolese army and the M23 armed group. Fighters reportedly surrounded the...