“The DRC armed forces installed heavy artillery in my village, in Minova. I witnessed a neighbouring family being slaughtered. That’s why I fled here to Goma,” she told Al Jazeera.

Classes started again on Thursday in some of Goma's schools, the day after panic broke out following a rumor alleging the forced recruitment of pupils by M23 rebels.

Kibetsi is one of nearly a million Congolese who have returned to their homes since the M23 rebel group — backed by Rwanda ...

M23 rebel group soldiers patrol in Rangira, near Rutshuru, DRC, October 17, 2012. Share Print ... It will be a nightmare if they enter in a town like Goma with millions of people. So, ...

M23 rebels have seized the town of Minova in eastern DR Congo, a key supply route for the provincial capital Goma, authorities said. The provincial governor of South Kivu, Jean-Jacques Purusi, on ...

For months, the capital of Tanganyika, a province bordering South Kivu, feared the arrival of M23 rebels and their Rwandan ...

DRC president vows to fight M23 rebels in battle for Goma By Clyde Hughes The Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi vowed to protect his country from militants on Wednesday.

GOMA (January 27, 2025) – Children caught in heavy fighting in the town of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must be protected, with Save the Children concerned for their safety ...

A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... 2025 in Goma, DRC. Daniel Buuma/Getty Images. Victor Tesongo, ...

The streets and roads in Kiwanja, a town northeast of Goma in DRC, were inaccessible on Saturday. Aside from sporadic gunshots, Kiwanja – occupied by uncontrolled armed soldiers, was all but a ghost ...

GOMA, DRC — Residents of the town of Sake in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo say M23 rebel soldiers have been looting homes and extorting money from businesses as they prepare to ...

Miguel Masaisai, a 23-year-old athlete from Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo, is cycling 6,000 kilometres from his hometown to Cape Town in South Africa, in a bid to promote peace and unity in ...