22 hours ago · [+] morgue of Goma General Hospital on February 1, 2025. The Rwandan-backed M23 group was pushing south in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo as the United Nations warned the escalating conflict had ...

5 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 …

Jan 26, 2025 · GOMA, Congo (AP) — 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 rebel advance was a “declaration of war.” The M23 rebels announced the city’s capture in a statement minutes before a 48-hour deadline expired that had been imposed by ...

Jan 27, 2025 · 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 ...

Jan 24, 2025 · The M23 rebels — or The March 23 Movement — is one of about 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich region in a decades-long conflict in eastern Congo. In recent weeks, the rebels have made significant territorial gains, seizing towns and villages and encircling Goma.

2 days ago · Rwanda-backed rebels say they've captured Congo city of Goma 04:38. Geneva — The United Nations on Friday voiced alarm at rampant violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the M23 ...

Jan 27, 2025 · The M23 militia, funded and directed by Rwanda, said it had seized the city of Goma, terrifying its people, many of whom sought shelter there after fleeing the rebel advance.

4 days ago · Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have tightened their grip on Goma, the biggest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), signalling a major blow to the Congolese army and a serious ...

5 days ago · A rebel militia known as M23 has seized the key Congolese city of Goma, threatening displaced civilians and raising fears of a broader war.. According to the United Nations and the United States ...

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.