It’s been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling
Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday. Residents in Goma say they are struggling on ...
As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target
Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.
Residents in Goma struggling for basics
Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city just over a month ago. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical ...
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DR Congo's Goma faces economic and financial crisis following M23 takeover
Businesses are struggling to survive, financial transactions are almost impossible, and people are having trouble making ends ...
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Goma camp residents fearful as M23 rebels demand their evacuation
The clamor of hammering and the noise of rattling corrugated metal roofs echoed in Goma’s Bulengo camp for internally displaced people on Tuesday as residents took down the shelters they had lived in ...
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DRC: Classes restart in Goma after rumours of M23 forced recruitment
Classes started again on Thursday in some of Goma's schools, the day after panic broke out following a rumor alleging the ...
Having seized Goma, Congo's M23 rebels want to show they can govern
When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw. Instead, the Rwanda-backed insurgents are intent on showing they can restore order and ...
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels breach second major city in Congo's mineral-rich east
It’s cowardice," Byamungu added. Unlike in 2012, when the M23 briefly seized Goma and withdrew after international pressure, ...
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Rwandan-Backed M23 Rebels Seize Goma And Advance Further Into Eastern DRC
The call comes after M23 rebels have already seized Goma, the provincial capital. Reports suggest that they are closing in on the city of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province. This has ...
Burundi troops withdraw in eastern Congo as M23 rebels expand reach, sources say
Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, ...
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Nearly 3,000 people killed after rebels seize key city in DR Congo, UN says
AFC spokesman Victor Tesongo told CNN Friday rebels were working to “install a new administration” in Goma and advance further into South Kivu and Kinshasa. M23 leader Corneille Nangaa also ...
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As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target
As the M23 rebels swept into Goma in late January, they moved into military camps in and around the city, which had hosted hundreds of military families, and quickly emptied them of their ...