DR Congo and Rwanda leaders in crisis talks
By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed rebels strengthened their control over east Congo's largest city, Goma, on Wednesday as columns of Romanian mercenaries hired to fight for Congo entered Rwanda under tight supervision by Rwandan security forces.
By Yassin Kombi and David Lewis GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo were moving south on Wednesday towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province,
The United Nations says Rwanda-backed rebels captured large parts of eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma including its airport.
Rwanda-backed rebels claimed on Monday they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped.
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Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against the backdrop of gunfire and mortar fire.
Foreign nationals are evacuated from Goma after rebels capture the east Congo city:::: Gisenyi, Rwanda The exodus followed M23's capture of Goma on Monday. Residents reported sporadic gunfire in outlying districts,
The M23 rebels, supported by Rwanda, have captured Goma, the capital of an eastern province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Accusations fly between Congo and Rwanda amid denials. Historical tensions trace back to Rwanda's 1994 genocide,
A series of videos show that the fight to protect Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by Congolese forces and peace mission forces has reached the city centre and also show protests in th
A rebel alliance spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia said it had seized the lakeside city of more than 2 million people.
Bishop of Willy Ngumbi Ngengele of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Willy says he is dismayed at the scale of violence in his diocese as M23 rebels advanced into the town.