DR Congo violence: Panic in Goma as M23 rebels advance - BBC
WEBRebels 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 faces unprecedented crisis as violence ... - Associated Press News
WEBMar 13, 2024 — GOMA, Congo (AP) — Escalating violence in Congo’s eastern region has displaced at least 250,000 people in the last month, a senior United Nations official said Wednesday, describing the situation as an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.
Resurging violence in Democratic Republic of Congo forces ... - NPR
WEBFeb 16, 2024 — Thousands who are fleeing the ongoing conflict between government forces and M-23 rebels reach the entrance the Democratic Republic of Congo eastern city of Goma.
Congolese city Goma under threat as thousands flee rebel advance
WEBFeb 7, 2024 — GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Feb 7 (Reuters) - A rocket landed near a university in the Congolese city of Goma on Wednesday as thousands of civilians fled a fresh advance by M23 rebels...
The U.N. rights chief says eastern Congo's ... - Associated Press News
WEBApr 17, 2024 — GOMA, Congo (AP) — The world is forgetting the escalating violence in eastern Congo as conflicts continue in places like Ukraine and Gaza, the U.N. human rights chief said Wednesday while visiting the region and calling for peace and support for millions repeatedly displaced.
What's happening in eastern Congo and why aid ... - Associated Press News
WEBFeb 19, 2024 — Aid organisations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the renowned armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food and medical help.
Thousands flee in eastern DR Congo as M23 rebels advance near Goma
WEB7 Feb 2024. Thousands of people are fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as fighting intensifies between the Congolese army and the M23 armed group. Fighters reportedly...
Threat of regional war intensifies as DR Congo rebels close in on Goma
WEBMar 19, 2024 — Threat of regional war intensifies as DR Congo rebels close in on Goma. Aid agencies warn of humanitarian catastrophe as resurgent M23 militia fights its way through mineral-rich region. People...
UN agencies sound alarm over renewed clashes in eastern DR Congo - UN News
WEBFeb 20, 2024 — Amid reports of a renewed escalation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN peacekeeping mission in the country has called on the M23 rebels to cease its...
DR Congo's deadly anti-UN protest: Soldiers go on trial in Goma - BBC
WEBSep 6, 2023 — The government's most recent update on the anti-UN protest in Goma put the death toll at 43, which includes a police officer who was allegedly killed by the protesters.