The Rwanda-backed rebel group launched an offensive in late 2021, winning swathes of territory in North Kivu province from the Congolese army. By 2022, it had surrounded Goma, the provincial capital, ...
Several groups of artists gathered this Wednesday in Dakar to paint a mural and denounce the violence between the armed group ...
Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government’s last stronghold in the North Kivu province, ...
“The situation is confusing, complex and horrific,” said Greg Ramm, Congo’s country director for Save The Children, an aid ...
A rebel alliance spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia said it had seized the lakeside city of more than 2 million people.
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwandan-backed rebels captured the city ... “If we’re going to die, it’s better to die here,” Jackson said. Pronczuk reported from Dakar, Senegal, and Lederer reported from New York ...
Goma resident Bahati Jackson’s family has been ... Pronczuk reported from Dakar, Senegal, and Lederer reported from New York. Associated Press writer Ignatius Ssuuna in Kigali, Rwanda ...
have been keeping M23 away from Goma. The U.N. peacekeeping force entered Congo more than two decades ago and has around ...
DAKAR, Senegal -- Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government’s last stronghold in ...