Tens of thousands of IDPs are leaving and routine is tentatively returning, as residents hope for peace despite crisis.

Analysis - Apart from the heavy human cost, the return of hybrid warfare to the Democratic Republic of the Congo risks stability on the continent.

“Goma’s capture by the M23 is a massive setback for the DRC authorities,” Vincent Rouget, an analyst at Control Risks, a global security consultancy, told Al Jazeera, adding that the layout and ...

On the streets I once walked and drove down daily, near the shopping centre where I bought my groceries, dead bodies lay ...

Goma is on the brink of falling after M23 rebels and Rwandan troops entered the eastern Congolese regional capital. The border between DRC and Rwanda was closed, and Kenyan President William Ruto ...

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Several months since fighting intensified in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the M23, supported by Rwandan forces and the Alliance du fleuve congo (AFC) movement, fighting against ...

Lemarquis said non-essential staff in the DRC were being moved to Uganda. Lemarquis said the internet in Goma was cut on Monday, phone service was patchy and water and electricity had been disrupted.

Various UN peacekeeping troops were killed this weekend in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ... 17 km from Goma, in addition to guarding the UN Logistics Base housing civilians about to ...

Congolese rebels and allied Rwandan forces entered the key eastern city of Goma on Sunday and the airport is no longer in use, according to the DRC's top UN official. "M23 and Rwandan forces ...

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 ...

On Monday (27 January), the M23 declared that it had seized control of Goma, the DRC’s third-largest city and home to nearly two million people. This development occurred despite the UN Secretary ...