DRC's Goma, after the M23 attack: a city at a standstill and cut off from the world
The economy of the North Kivu capital, seized by the rebel movement and its Rwandan allies in late January, has ground to a ...
Accounts of child survivors shed light on surge of rape and sexual violence in conflict-torn DRC
Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. She would become one of many ...
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Goma reacts to prospect of Kinshasa-rebel dialogue brokered by Angola
Following a brief visit to Luanda by Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi Tuesday, the Angolan presidency announced that it ...
'They killed all these young people' - BBC investigates alleged massacre in rebel-held Congolese city
The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...
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Eastern DRC: The impossible death toll of the battle for Goma
More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...
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3,000 dead in Goma, DRC; Anglican Aid reports
Tim Swan CEO of Angican Aid issues an urgent update. We have just heard from Bishop Martin Gordon in Goma. He said that at ...
Congo faces setback in mpox response after Rwanda-backed rebels advance in the east
Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...
I experienced the fall of Goma. I had to leave my Congolese colleagues in a critical situation
A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...
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Goma Under Siege
Frank, a World Vision staff member, lost two family members—Laurianne and Jean-Pierre—when the M23 siege on Goma turned their ...
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Snow Ski Coaching Camp Concludes at Goma Kargil
The Basic Snow Ski Coaching Camp, organised by the Ladakh Ski and Snowboard Association (LSSA), concluded at the Ski Slope of ...
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'They killed all these young people' - BBC investigates alleged massacre in rebel-held Congolese city
When he heard that Freddy had been shot - by M23 rebels he was told - he and others rushed to the scene in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. "When we arrived, we found Freddy still ...