14 hours ago · Goma, the capital of North Kivu, is both a strategic economic hub and a trade conduit to Rwanda. ... Recent UN reports indicate that Uganda may still be involved in supporting M23, potentially positioning Kampala as a mediator once again. However, even if a deal is struck, sporadic fighting in other parts of North Kivu is likely to persist. 2 ...

3 days ago · M23 had captured Goma city during the 2012 insurgency but later withdrew after about seven days to allow for peace talks with the government. Following their withdrawal, the government, alongside mercenaries and United Nations troops, launched an assault against them until they fled to Uganda and Rwanda.

2 days ago · The M23 rebels captured Goma City, the biggest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on January 27 after five years of fighting that started at the Bunagana border, which Uganda ...

3 days ago · The Goma offensive is an ongoing military campaign launched by the March 23 Movement (M23) Congolese rebel group against the regional capital of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The fighting is part of the larger M23 offensive in the North and South Kivu provinces of the DRC, which resumed in October 2024 after a pause. During January 2025, the M23 rebel group made a rapid ...

2 days ago · The WFP warehouse in Goma has also been looted. Goma is a regional trade and humanitarian hub, hosting hundreds of thousands of the more than 6 million people displaced by eastern Congo’s prolonged conflict over ethnic tensions, resulting in one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises.

4 days ago · [1/2] Civilians who evacuated from Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), amid conflict between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), walk ...

3 days ago · After a rapid advance in the region, fighters from the M23 rebel group have taken control of most of Goma – a major city of more than a million people in the east of DR Congo.

3 days ago · The UN says hundreds of people are wounded and that bodies are lying in the streets of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo following an advance by M23 rebels on the key city The ...

3 days ago · A rebel militia backed by Rwanda on Monday announced the capture of the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a major victory for the group and one of the most significant ...

2 days ago · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo’s largest city, as U.N. officials reported an unspecified number of bodies on the streets.. Hospitals are overwhelmed in Goma, while hundreds of thousands are fleeing gunfire and shelling, the officials said.