Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they’ve captured the key city of Goma
Thousands fled the city of Goma on Monday as fighting raged between Congolese forces and rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda, ...
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Video shows fighters on road towards eastern Congo city of Bukavu as rebels advance
Social media video shows armed fighters headed south on main route from rebel-captured Goma to provincial city Bukavu.
‘No safe place to go’ for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city
The M23 group is one of about 100 armed factions vying for a foothold in eastern Congo in one of Africa’s longest wars, which ...
Rwanda-backed rebels enter outskirts of strategic city in what Congo calls ‘declaration of war’
Rwanda-backed rebels have entered the outskirts of eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, causing what the United Nations called ...
Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets
Congolese security forces have tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo’s largest city ...
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Rwanda-backed rebels seize control of Congo’s Goma after violent clashes
Goma is the capital of Congo’s mineral-rich North Kivu region ... scenes of violence and chaos unfolding in the city, with roads out of the city blocked and water supplies dwindling.
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Congo’s M23 rebels say they have taken control of key eastern city as fighting kills peacekeepers
Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a “mass panic” among its 2 million people and Congo’s government said the ...
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Congo rebels close in on the eastern city of Goma
Bintou Keita is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: “Roads are blocked and the airport can no longer be used for evacuation or humanitarian ...