Congolese forces losing control of major stronghold as Rwanda …
2 days ago · Congolese forces were losing control of the city of Goma on Wednesday after rebel groups backed by Rwanda took over the airport and shared plans to set up a new administration. ... (FRDC), at Gisenyi border point in Congo, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, after the M23 rebels advanced into eastern Congo’s capital Goma. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
M23 Rebels Claim Takeover of Goma, Congo’s Largest City
4 days ago · The M23 took Goma once before in 2012, withdrawing after considerable international pressure was put on Rwanda. Yet Congo experts say it might be harder this time to talk M23 down as their motives ...
Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they've captured …
3 days ago · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have claimed they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped.. Analysts said the M23 fighters aimed to control the city of about 2 million people and perhaps other areas in the region …
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key …
2 days ago · The takeover of Goma is yet another territorial gain for the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) rebel coalition, which includes the M23 armed group – sanctioned by the United States and the United Nations.
Why Are Congo and Rwanda on the Brink of War?
2 days ago · A rebel militia known as M23 has seized the key Congolese city of Goma, ... Some 500,000 people fled their homes in eastern Congo as the rebels advanced on Goma, according to the U.N. refugee ...
M23 rebels battling Congo’s army close in on Goma as panic …
Jan 23, 2025 · GOMA, Congo (AP) — 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 going off in the city’s distant outskirts and hundreds of wounded civilians were brought in to the main hospital from the area of the fighting.
DR Congo conflict: Fighting rages on in Goma as M23 rebels and …
4 days ago · The M23 group has taken control of vast parts of mineral-rich eastern DR Congo since 2021. In the past few weeks, the group has been advancing swiftly on Goma amid intense fighting.
Rebels Backed by Rwanda Announce Capture of Key City in Eastern Congo …
4 days ago · Over 400,000 people have fled their homes since the start of this year, according to the U.N. refugee agency, as M23 rebels have attacked new areas of North Kivu province, where Goma is, and South ...
DR Congo violence: Panic in Goma as M23 rebels advance - BBC
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.
Congo's M23 rebels take control of Goma airport, embassies …
3 days ago · M23-led rebels say they control Goma Some army and pro-government militia still holding out UN says peacekeepers are sheltering at bases In capital Kinshasa, protesters attack embassies GOMA ...