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

More than 100 trucks en route to Goma city in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are stuck at the Uganda-Rwanda border of Chanika in Kisoro district due to the current volatile ...

A truck at the Uganda-Rwanda border town of Chanika in Kisoro district Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPDENDENT | More than 100 trucks heading to Goma city in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Though most fighting has stopped in Goma in recent days, the city’s capture by M23 rebels has raised fears of a broader war between Congo, Rwanda and their respective allies. A map of Africa ...

may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of events in Goma go back decades. Between 1996 and 2003 ...

Rwanda and DR Congo's border towns of Rubavu and Goma, respectively ... According to the Mayor of Rubavu District, Prosper Mulindwa, over 30,000 people are crossing the border, up from an earlier ...

Witnesses reported hearing heavy artillery fire in the centre of Goma, with armed groups seen near the airport in the northern district ... displaced people. This map shows Goma, a Congolese ...

Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have announced the capture of Goma city in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The fall of Goma in the early ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, as the United Nations reported “mass panic” with the government dubbing the insurgency a “declaration of war.” The city’s ...

M23 rebels fighting Congolese government forces claim taking over Goma city which borders Rwanda ... bombs were fired into Rwanda’s border district of Rubavu by the Congolese army, killing ...

Gunfire rang out across parts of Goma, the largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), hours after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels said they had seized it despite the United ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese rebels and allied Rwandan forces entered the outskirts of Goma on Sunday and the airport in the key eastern city was no longer in use, the top U.N. official in the country ...