Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

The long-awaited call came at 9:13a.m. “Finally,” says the person on the other side of the phone call. I take a deep sigh of relief. It’s Monday, February 10. I am in my hotel room at the foot of ...

On Jan. 29, after an all-out urban warfare battle that killed and injured thousands of people, mostly civilians, Goma, a ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

Mechanical diggers have spent days excavating the dark, volcanic earth of the city of Goma, preparing long trenches in which ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have claimed control of eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped. It marks a ...

After the M23 militia advanced on Goma in eastern DRC, hospitals report they have now reached capacity. While the militia has ...

On Thursday, the rebels seized Sake, a town only 27 kilometers (16 miles) from Goma, sending panic surging as concerns mounted that the city could soon fall. Earlier in the week, they captured ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo: Rwanda-backed rebels on Monday claimed they captured Goma, the largest city in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the United Nations ...

M23 is the latest in a long line of Rwandan-backed rebel movements to emerge in Congo's volatile eastern borderlands ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Goma resident Chibalonza Habimana is aware of the war at the gateway to her home city and the threat posed ...