Goma under siege: What do M23, Rwanda want and what can happen next?
Goma, the capital of North Kivu, is both a strategic economic hub and a trade conduit to Rwanda. Rwanda frames its ...
RSF20h
Crisis in the DRC: in North Kivu, the right to information is in grave danger
The security situation in the city of Goma is deteriorating, and journalists can no longer report, the media has been forced ...
Romania Insider1h
Romanian mercenaries evacuated from Congo after threats from advancing rebels
A group of Romanian citizens stranded in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo due to military conflict has been successfully evacuated from the country, but not before some of ...
The New Times on MSN9h
Rwanda: What Does the Capture of Goma Mean for M23 Group and Their Grievances?
Just over three years after the resurgence of the M23 in eastern DR Congo, the rebel group's war with a government coalition saw its biggest escalation on Sunday, January 26, when the rebels entered ...
Residents of Congo’s besieged city live in fear as government forces battle rebel takeover
Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as ...
msf14h
DRC: MSF appeals for humanitarian access in Goma as casualties seek medical care
MSF teams are treating an influx of wounded people arriving at Kyeshero hospital in Goma, DRC, following the armed clashes ...
allAfrica.com on MSN21h
Congo-Kinshasa: 'Did the Flight of the Military Leadership Facilitate the Capture of Goma?'
"In Goma there are 2 million people in need," local Church sources, who asked not to be named for security reasons, told Fides. "At least a million of them are displaced from other areas of North Kivu ...
Rwandan-backed rebels close in on another city in Congo’s east, raising fears of prolonged occupation
The M23 rebels, turning their sights on Bukavu, were reportedly more than halfway to their target by Wednesday evening ...
Dawn10h
Rebels in Congo move south to expand their control
GOMA: Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo were moving south on Wednesday towards Bukavu, the capital of ...
MyJoyOnline13h
The evidence that shows Rwanda is backing rebels in DR Congo
Protesters in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been burning portraits of Rwanda's president ...
M23 rebels force Romanian mercenaries to retreat to Rwanda
The Romanian soldiers were contracted by the Democratic Republic of Congo in a bid to stop the rebel advance. Columns of ...
independent.co.ug4h
KAGAME: M23 are not Rwandans but Congolese
Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame has criticized the efforts by the East African Community ...