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.
Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...
Rwanda's ally Uganda, unhappy about another rebel group in DR Congo that threatens its security, has also been accused of ...
Strewn with rubble from mortar and artillery fire, the eastern DR Congo city of Goma awoke on ... A boy swims with a jerrycan to collect water from Lake Kivu. By - (AFP) The clashes left the city ...
Heavy artillery fire and bursts of automatic weapons resonated for endless hours. The streets of the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, where the Rwandan army and the M23 extended control in clashes ...
Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city, Goma, on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the city in ...
Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...
All day Sunday the sound of artillery fire could be heard across the city ... "We're afraid, but where can we go apart from Lake Kivu," said Vicky Ushindi, a 23-year old spice seller, referring ...