EXPLAINER - Goma crisis: Why is conflict raging in the eastern …
14 hours ago · Goma, home to several ethnic groups, including Tutsi, Hutu, Hunde, Kano, Nande, and Nyanga, has also been affected by ethnic tensions, often rooted in economic rivalries. ... Ukraine slams ...
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key …
2 days ago · More than a dozen foreign peacekeepers, as well as the military governor of North Kivu province, have been killed in recent days trying to fend off the rebels, as thousands of locals flee their...
Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they've captured …
2 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 …
DR Congo fighting: Missiles fly over homes and bodies in streets in Goma
3 days ago · The UN says hundreds of people are wounded and that bodies are lying in the streets of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo following an advance by M23 rebels on the key city The ...
'No safe place to go to from Goma' for millions as humanitarian …
2 days ago · A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting from Africa to Asia to Ukraine. Here's how; Protesters attack embassies in Congo’s capital as security forces try to slow rebels in the east; Newsletters. The Morning Wire. ... Goma is a regional trade and humanitarian hub, hosting hundreds of thousands of the more than 6 million people displaced by ...
Fear and gunshots after Rwanda-backed rebels claim takeover of …
3 days ago · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, were fleeing on Monday after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces as fighting escalated in recent days despite calls from the U.N. Security Council for the insurgents to withdraw.. Gunshots rang out across Goma overnight before dozens of rebels in military uniform early ...
Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo
2 days ago · In 2012, in the wake of M23’s first occupation of Goma, President Barack Obama called Mr. Kagame and urged him to stop supporting the rebels. More recently, ...
Rwanda does a Putin in Congo - The Economist
2 days ago · S OMETHING AWFUL is happening in Congo. A rebel group called M23 seized control of Goma, the biggest city in the east of the country, on January 27th, killing several UN peacekeepers and prompting ...
Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they’ve ... - CNN
4 days ago · 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.
Ukraine replaces commander of eastern front after Russia …
4 days ago · Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy replaced the commander of the eastern front, the most heated battlefield of the Ukraine war, after Russian forces captured another strategic town there.