Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they’ve captured the key city of Goma
Rwanda-backed rebels claimed on Monday they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing ...
Gunfire crackles in Congo's Goma, embassies attacked in capital
By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Dead bodies lay in the streets, gunfire rang ...
DR Congo hospitals overwhelmed after Goma fighting - UN
There are growing international calls for peace talks to end the escalation of violence in the east of the Democratic ...
‘No safe place to go to from Goma’ for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city
Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against ...
Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo
A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...
UN warns of worrying humanitarian situation in DRC’s Goma amid assault by Rwanda-backed rebels
U.N. humanitarian office spokesperson Jens Laerke told a briefing Tuesday that hospitals in Goma were overwhelmed. The World ...
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Gunfire in DR Congo's Goma as Kenya pushes peace talks
Gunfire broke out before dawn Monday in the centre of the besieged Congolese city of Goma, after the Democratic Republic of ...