Residents walk by charred vehicles in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 Hawaiian volcano erupts ...

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Tens of thousands of IDPs are leaving and routine is tentatively returning, as residents hope for peace despite crisis.

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Several groups of artists gathered this Wednesday in Dakar to paint a mural and denounce the violence between the armed group ...

On the streets I once walked and drove down daily, near the shopping centre where I bought my groceries, dead bodies lay ...

More than 100 female inmates of an African prison were raped and burned alive during a jailbreak, the United Nations said.

Volunteers buried those who died during a week of clashes in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.Credit... Supported by By Elian Peltier Photographs by Guerchom Ndebo Reporting from Goma ...

The M23 rebels took control of a town 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Bukavu despite a ceasefire.

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 ...

GOMA, Congo -- Fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at least 900 people dead, the U.N. health agency said Monday ...