Senegal. Feb. 1, 2025 After a week of fighting, rebels backed by Rwanda have wrested almost full control over Goma, a city of two million in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Hospitals are ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Bodies are lying on the streets ... It remained unclear how much of Goma is controlled by the rebels, who marched into eastern Congo’s strategic city early Monday ...

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A glimpse of life after the siege in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, as some semblance of a tenuous peace returns, as does the fear of reprisals. Goma, a key hub in Eastern Democratic Republic ...

Les tirs résonnent encore mardi dans certains quartiers de Goma, dans l’est de la RDC livrée aux combats entre forces armées congolaises et le M23 allié à des troupes rwandaises ...

U.N. aid agencies are warning of a major humanitarian crisis as fighting continues in the Congolese city of Goma. The city of over 2 million people is the main trading hub of the mineral-rich region.

By Caleb Kabanda and Ruth Maclean Photographs by Guerchom Ndebo Caleb Kabanda reported from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ruth Maclean from Dakar, Senegal. A rebel militia backed by ...

And this can only be done through culture. Here in Goma you have your culture. We in Senegal have our culture. Rwanda the same thing, Burundi the same thing. If we unite our culture I think we ...

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 ...

Troops from other countries contributing to the UN mission in Goma – including Uruguay, India and Senegal – are remaining in the city despite the risk, the official said. In Ottawa ...