Goma, DRC: Nearly 3,000 people killed after rebels seize key …
17 hours ago · Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...
Congo Mourns Its Dead After Rebels Capture Key City of Goma
1 day ago · In Goma on Wednesday, pockets of the city remained unreachable to humanitarian agencies that lost months of aid in looting last week. Medicine, bags of rice from the World Food Program and cans of ...
Goma - Wikipedia
Goma is the capital and largest city of the North Kivu Province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu and shares borders with Bukumu Chiefdom to the north, Rwanda to the east and Masisi Territory to the west.
As Goma ceasefire largely holds, Congo rushes to bury bodies …
2 days ago · Rebels in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of last week's battles for the city as they feared the spread of disease.
Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they've captured …
Jan 28, 2025 · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have claimed they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped.. Analysts said the M23 fighters aimed to control the city of about 2 million people and perhaps other areas in the region nearly 1,000 miles from the Congolese …
DR Congo: UN call to reopen Goma airport ‘lifeline’, as crisis …
2 days ago · Aftermath in Goma. In Goma, displacement sites around the city have been abandoned and destroyed, with water, sanitation, and health facilities severely damaged, according to UN aid coordination office, OCHA. The city has also seen a surge in crime, including vehicle hijackings and looting of humanitarian warehouses belonging to UN agencies and …
DR Congo conflict: What is the fighting in Goma about?
Jan 27, 2025 · After a rapid advance in the region, fighters from the M23 rebel group have captured almost all of Goma – a major city of more than a million people in the east of DR Congo.
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key …
Jan 28, 2025 · “AFC-M23 controls Goma,” Victor Tesongo, an AFC spokesperson, told CNN Monday, adding that “Goma fell under pressure” after the group’s earlier seizure of the nearby towns of Minova and Saké....
Bodies on streets, hospitals struggle, battles intensify in DR Congo’s Goma
Jan 28, 2025 · 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.
The Fall of Goma - Council on Foreign Relations
Jan 28, 2025 · The mayhem is certainly real; the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) displacement crisis is second only to Sudan’s, and many of the roughly 1.5 million people now trapped in Goma have been ...