The New York Times3d
Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo
Displaced people leave a camp and head for the city of Goma after being shot at, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday.Credit...Guerchom Ndebo for The New York Times A ...
Newsday5d
International peacekeepers killed as fighting rages around eastern Congo's key city
GOMA, Congo — Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead, United Nations and army officials said Saturday. M23 has made significant ...
Reuters7d
Congo provincial military governor dies in rebel offensive
M23 rebels seize territory near Goma city Military governor dies from frontline injuries Congo and U.N. accuse ... Gregorio A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor said on Thursday he would return ...
Newsday2d
What is happening in eastern Congo, where rebels claim they captured a key city?
DAKAR, Senegal — Rwanda-backed rebels have claimed control of eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely ...
Reuters4d
Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo's Goma in major escalation
Ethnic Tutsi-led M23 rebels enter city of Goma Fighting continues amid conflicting claims about M23 advance Congo and UN accuse Rwanda of sending troops into Goma Conflict stems from Rwanda ...
CNN5d
Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they’ve captured the key city of Goma
Thousands fled the city of Goma on Monday as fighting raged between Congolese forces and rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda, who claimed to have captured eastern Congo’s largest regional hub ...
CNN5d
Six peacekeepers killed fighting rebels in eastern Congo, officials say, as rebels close in on Goma
Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo left six United Nations peacekeepers dead, UN officials said Saturday. Two South African peacekeepers were killed Friday ...
Sky3d
Rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo say they have taken key city of Goma
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda, accusing it of fuelling the rebellion. At least 13 soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the DRC have been ...
France 242d
French FM condemns 'unacceptable' attack on embassy in DR Congo
Protesters have attacked several embassies in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa, including the French one, during demonstrations on Tuesday against the escalating conflict in the country's east.
CNN2d
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
DR Congo has experienced decades of militia violence, including armed rebellion by M23, which claims to defend the interest of the minority Rwandophone communities, including the Tutsi.
Al Jazeera English2d
Bodies on streets, hospitals struggle, battles intensify in DR Congo’s Goma
Heavy battles between M23 fighters and Congolese government forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) city of Goma have left many bodies on the streets, with hospitals ...
NBC News3d
Protesters attack several embassies in Kinshasa over rebel advances in eastern Congo
Video showed part of the French embassy in Congo’s capital of Kinshasa on fire as protests erupted in anger over M23 rebel advances in the eastern city of Goma. Demonstrators attacked several ...