A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...

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Heavy gunfire has erupted in Goma following rebel claims of control, sparking confusion and fears of escalating regional ...

KINSHASA, Congo--Tens of thousands of people are evacuating the city of Goma in eastern Congo for fear of another volcanic eruption by Mount Nyiragongo. The military governor of Congo’s North ...

Red Cross staff load bodies onto a lorry bound for the morgue of the hospital in the north of Goma. A dinosaur discovered in ...

Residents pick up remains of their destroyed homes from the smouldering lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano near Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 23 ...

An estimated million people are now crammed into Goma. Twice in recent years Nyiragongo's eruptions have sent molten rock flowing toward the city. In 1977 lava raced down the mountain at more than ...

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

In 2021, Michombero and his wife were attacked in their home by men in military uniforms after he reported on local criticism of authorities' response to a volcanic eruption near Goma. 'Terrorists ...

Protesters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have attacked the embassies of several countries in the capital ...

The M23 rebels took control of a town 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Bukavu despite a ceasefire.