DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely ...

Gunfire rang out across Goma as rebel group M23 marched into the Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest eastern city – in the worst escalation of a conflict lasting more than a decade.

Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as gunshots continue to ring out around their homes, days after rebel forces ...

Residents of Congo’s besieged city live in fear as government forces battle rebel takeover Nimi Princewill, Joshua Replogle, Stephanie Halasz and Eve Brennan, CNN January 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM ...

Rebels appear to be edging closer to taking control of the key city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo following reports that they had captured its airport. The Congolese ...

01/29/2025 January 29, 2025 The leaders of the DR Congo and Rwanda are about to meet for an emergency summit as Rwandan backed rebels appear on the brink of seizing the key city of Goma. As the ...

The takeover of Goma is yet another territorial gain for the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) rebel coalition, which includes the M23 armed group – sanctioned by the United States and the United Nations.

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 ...

Congolese civilians who fled Goma, eastern Congo's largest city, following fighting between M23 rebels and the country's armed forces line up to register at a reception centre in Rugerero, near ...

Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a "mass panic" among its two million people and Congo's government said ...