Map: The Economist Goma is more than 1,500km east of Kinshasa, Congo’s capital ... Rwanda has built near the border—including luxury tourist lodges for seeing gorillas—is at risk from ...
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are one of about 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich region in the decades ...
On Jan. 31, 2025 the rebel group known as the March 23 Movement (M23) captured the city of Goma in the eastern DRC. At a news ...
Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s largest church organizations met Wednesday with Rwanda-backed rebels in the country’s east in the ...
GOMA, Congo — Panic spread in eastern Congo's main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard ...
Thousands fled the city of Goma on Monday as fighting raged between Congolese forces and rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda, who claimed to have captured eastern Congo’s largest regional hub.