Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Over 2,000 bodies require burial in Goma after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took over the Democratic Republic of Congo city last week, inflaming a decade-old conflict and humanitarian crisis ...

As Goma Ceasefire Largely Holds, Congo Rushes to Bury Bodies From Rebel Offensive (Reuters) - Rebels in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury ...

GOMA - Goma, which fell to M23 fighters and the Rwandan military last week, has become a symbol of the conflict that has ripped apart the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over three decades.

In Goma, power and running water are back in most residential areas.Residents of the metropolis in the east of the DR Congo have gone through a dramatic period since a rebel coalition, including ...

GENEVA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo will present a motion to the United Nations Human Rights Council seeking an investigation into what it called "mass violations" of rights ...

Vivian van de Perre, a senior UN official based in the city of Goma, said the "escalating violence" in the area has "led to immense human suffering, displacement, and a growing humanitarian crisis".

GENEVA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special meeting to discuss the situation in the eastern Congo city of Goma after it was seized by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United ...