Just days after seizing control of Goma, the M23 organized its first public meeting on Thursday. Thousands of residents gathered at the Stade de l'Unité to hear from the rebellion's leaders.

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...

Over 2,000 bodies require burial in Goma after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took over the Democratic Republic of Congo city last week, inflaming a decade-old conflict and humanitarian crisis ...

GOMA, Congo -- Fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at least 900 people dead, the U.N. health agency said Monday ...

In a statement signed by Bertrand Bisimwa, M23 president and released on Thursday morning by Lawrence Kanyuka, the rebels’ political spokesperson, Chrispin Abdoul Bikulu has also been appointed as ...

As the M23 rebellion pushes further into South Kivu following the fall of Goma, the group has declared a ceasefire set to take effect on Thursday, February 3, 2025. The M23 stated that the ...

As Goma Ceasefire Largely Holds, Congo Rushes to Bury Bodies From Rebel Offensive (Reuters) - Rebels in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Medics treat a man wounded during fighting between Congolese government troops and M23 rebel forces in Goma ...

GOMA - Goma, which fell to M23 fighters and the Rwandan military last week, has become a symbol of the conflict that has ripped apart the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over three decades.

Wen I first drive into DR Congo eastern city of Goma, e hard me to tell weda I don enter a conflict zone. Goma residents full di streets a few miles from di border with Rwanda - commuters dey go ...