Why is Goma important for the rebels? The city is a regional hub for trade, security and humanitarian efforts, and its airport is key for transporting supplies. Since 2021, Congo’s government ...

GOMA (Reuters) – Residents of eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma greeted the arrival of Rwanda-backed rebels with trepidation on Monday, some staying indoors and others coming out to cheer in what ...

It remained unclear how much of Goma is controlled by the rebels, who marched into eastern Congo’s strategic city early Monday to both fear and cheers among residents. But more than 2 million of ...

(Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group has gained control of the airport in the eastern city of Goma, diplomatic and security sources told Reuters. Corneille Nangaa, leader of ...

A spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees warned on Tuesday that the humanitarian situation in eastern DR Congo has "further deteriorated" as thousands more were forcibly displaced ...

"The humanitarian situation in and around Goma remains extremely worrying," Jens Laerke, spokesman for the United Nations' humanitarian agency OCHA, told reporters in Geneva. He said UN colleagues ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Hospitals are overwhelmed in east Congo's city of Goma, treating hundreds of patients with gunshot, mortar and shrapnel wounds while many dead bodies lay in the streets ...

Congo's M23 Rebels Control Goma Airport, Diplomatic and Security Sources Say (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group has gained control of the airport in the eastern city of ...

Goma Hospitals Overwhelmed With Wounded, Dead Bodies in the Streets, UN Agencies Say By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Dead bodies were scattered in the streets of Goma and hospitals were ...

People attack the Rwanda Embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in protest over the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels' advances into eastern Congo's capital Goma.(AP ...

With thousands in and around Goma seeking shelter, food, water, sanitation and healthcare, the parties to the conflict must allow the passage of safe and unrestricted humanitarian access to all ...