1 day ago · In Goma on Wednesday, pockets of the city remained unreachable to humanitarian agencies that lost months of aid in looting last week. Medicine, bags of rice from the World Food Program and cans of ...

2 days ago · Rebels in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of last week's battles for the city as they feared the spread of disease.

4 days ago · More than 700 people died as fighters from the M23 group captured the eastern city of Goma. ... many have gone to Rwanda, [the Congolese city of] Bukavu, Kenya and Uganda."

4 days ago · The fighting left Goma city in the hands of M23 rebels, resulting in the death of Maj Gen Peter Cirimwami Nkuba, military governor of North Kivu province, and 16 South African soldiers on the frontlines. Stephane Dujarric, United Nations spokesperson, revealed on Friday that in addition to the 700 people killed, 2,800 others were injured.

Jan 29, 2025 · Then in 2021, Uganda, through an agreement with the DRC, began constructing new roads, bridges, and other infrastructure in North Kivu, from Bunagana to Rutshuru, Goma, and down to the Rwandan border. Uganda and Rwanda have a long history of military intervention in the DRC, first as allies during the First Congo War under a joint military ...

Jan 27, 2025 · After a rapid advance in the region, fighters from the M23 rebel group have captured almost all of Goma – a major city of more than a million people in the east of DR Congo.

Jan 27, 2025 · M23 had captured Goma city during the 2012 insurgency but later withdrew after about seven days to allow for peace talks with the government. Following their withdrawal, the government, alongside mercenaries and United Nations troops, launched an assault against them until they fled to Uganda and Rwanda.

Jan 28, 2025 · The WFP warehouse in Goma has also been looted. Goma is a regional trade and humanitarian hub, hosting hundreds of thousands of the more than 6 million people displaced by eastern Congo’s prolonged conflict over ethnic tensions, resulting in one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises.

Jan 26, 2025 · Item 1 of 3 Civilians draw water from Lake Kivu after the town was taken by M23 rebels, in Goma, North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

Feb 11, 2024 · Rebels from the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 movement are blocking the two main roads into Goma from the north and the west and preventing produce from getting through.