4 days ago · 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 ...

Goma is the capital and largest city of the North Kivu Province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu and shares borders with Bukumu Chiefdom to the north, Rwanda to the east and Masisi Territory to the west.

5 days ago · 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 largely untapped.. Analysts said the M23 fighters aimed to control the city of about 2 million people and perhaps other areas in the region nearly 1,000 miles from the Congolese …

1 day ago · For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much uncertainty. Rwanda-backed rebels took control of Goma, a city on Lake Kivu ...

1 day ago · Goma serves as a humanitarian hub critical for many of the six million people displaced by the conflict in eastern Congo. The rebels said they will march all the way to Congo's capital Kinshasa ...

6 days ago · Goma’s reported capture by M23 is a “massive setback for the DRC authorities”, Vincent Rouget, an analyst at Control Risks, a global security consultancy, told Al Jazeera on Monday, adding ...

Jan 27, 2025 · GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo—In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, government forces and allies defending the city of Goma appear to have collapsed, with M23 rebels backed by ...

6 days ago · After a rapid advance in the region, fighters from the M23 rebel group have captured almost all of Goma – a major city of more than a million people in the east of DR Congo.

6 days ago · Rwanda’s role. Responding to questions about Rwanda's involvement, Mr. Lacroix confirmed the presence of Rwandan troops supporting M23 in Goma, citing significant troop numbers. He condemned the killing of peacekeepers, noting that three had died, including two from South Africa and one from Uruguay, with 12 others injured.

5 days ago · As the Security Council convened an emergency meeting for the second time in three days to address the worsening situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a senior United Nations official warned that escalating attacks by the 23 March Movement, or M23, continue to kill civilians and peacekeeping personnel in and around the city of Goma.