“The situation in eastern DRC now demands our collective focus.” The apparent takeover of Goma, a city of about 2 million, has prompted fears of further violence and mass displacemen ...

The Red Cross voiced alarm Tuesday over the risk that fighting in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma could cause samples of Ebola and other pathogens held in a laboratory to escape. The ...

According to Uruguayan Army sources, two companies from the South American country were deployed in Rusayo, 17 km from Goma, in addition to guarding the UN Logistics Base housing civilians about ...

Congolese rebels and allied Rwandan forces entered the outskirts of Goma on Sunday and the airport in the key eastern city was no longer in use, the top U.N. official in the country said ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo: Rwanda-backed rebels on Monday claimed they captured Goma, the largest city in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the United Nations ...

This handout picture released on January 26, 2025, by the Uruguayan Army shows soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo reportedly handing over their weapons to Uruguayan ...

Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have announced the capture of Goma city in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The fall of Goma in the early ...

This comes after the reportedly Rwandan-backed rebels said over the weekend they had taken control of Goma, the biggest city in the region. Rose Tchwenko, the DRC’s country director for Mercy ...

They poured out of the countryside and into the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east. M23 rebels, backed by Congo’s neighbor Rwanda, were attacking. Goma was under siege.

The sounds of hammering and the clattering of corrugated metal roofs resonated throughout Goma’s Bulengo camp for internally displaced persons on Tuesday as residents began taking apart the ...

Ethnic Tutsi-led M23 rebels enter city of Goma Fighting continues amid conflicting claims about M23 advance Congo and UN accuse Rwanda of sending troops into Goma Conflict stems from Rwanda ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Goma resident Chibalonza Habimana is aware of the war at the gateway to her home city and the threat posed ...