Analysis - The city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was taken over by the M23 rebel group in January 2025. This was a tragic escalation of a decades-long conflict that's led to mass ...

The DRC illustrates how millions of people in fragile, violent and conflict-affected parts of the world are at risk of ...

February 06, 2025 The rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23) have called on the population of Goma, located in the east of the ...

On the streets I once walked and drove down daily, near the shopping centre where I bought my groceries, dead bodies lay ...

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Eastern Congo, a peripheral part of the inter-lacustrine ... Surrounded by majestic lakes and a range of dormant and active volcanoes with its rich and alluvial soil feeding off the volcanic ...

The risk of further eruptions from volcano Nyiragongo led DR Congo authorities to order the evacuation of parts of the city of Goma Thursday, causing an immediate exodus of tens of thousands of ...

Goma, which lies at the foot of a volcano near Lake Kivu, sits on the border with Rwanda ... people - the vast majority from the Tutsi community - fled to what is now DR Congo, some forming the ...

A glimpse of life after the siege in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, as some semblance of a tenuous peace returns, as does the fear of reprisals.

M23 fighters have been pressing to capture strategic eastern city for months and intensified offensives in recent days.