Rwandan soldiers escort Congolese soldiers who have surrendered to Goma, following fighting with the M23, in Gisenyi, Rwanda, January 27 JEAN BIZIMANA / REUTERS The men of the March 23 Movement ...
Human Rights Watch is expressing concern about civilians in the eastern Congolese city of Goma now that M23 rebels have taken control of the city. Fighting between M23 and Democratic Republic of ...
The M23 rebels announced the city's capture in a statement minutes before a 48-hour deadline expired that had been imposed by the group for the Congolese army to surrender their weapons.
"At dawn, M23 troops entered the city, and now the fighting is concentrated in the airport area," Fides sources add. Congolese troops of the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
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GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a mass panic among its 2 million people and Congo’s ...
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebellion has been at the centre of attention in recent years. However, eastern DRC is home to more than 100 other armed groups, which are a major source of instability too.