1 day ago · We are going to move forward from Goma to Bukavu … up to Kinshasa,” he said. In Goma, Van de Perre said the rebel group is consolidating control over the city and territories of North Kivu ...

1 day ago · Caleb Kabanda contributed reporting from Goma and Justin Makangara from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Elian Peltier is The Times’ West Africa correspondent, based in Dakar, Senegal.

3 days ago · GOMA, Congo (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized eastern Congo’s key city of Goma announced a unilateral ceasefire in the region Monday for humanitarian reasons, following calls for a safe corridor for aid and hundreds of thousands of displaced people. The M23 rebels said the ceasefire would start Tuesday. The announcement came shortly after the U.N. health agency said at least 900 ...

Jan 28, 2025 · 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.

6 days ago · Rwanda-backed rebels vow to take DRC capital after claiming capture of Goma. UN claims M23 fighters backed by thousands of Rwandan soldiers in lightning offensive on country’s mineral-rich east.

Jan 30, 2025 · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called for a massive military mobilization to resist the rebellion and his defense minister rejected calls for talks. In a video message, Congo’s Defense Minister Guy Kabombo Muadiamvita said he has ...

Jan 28, 2025 · In the Congolese capital Kinshasa, 1,600 kilometres west of Goma, protesters attacked a United Nations compound and embassies, including those of Rwanda, France and the United States, expressing ...

Jan 31, 2025 · The M23 has also threatened to continue its offensive to the capital, Kinshasa, although analysts say this may be unlikely, as it is 2,600km (1,600 miles) away, on the other side of this vast...

Jan 28, 2025 · Meanwhile, in the national capital, Kinshasa, protesters gathered and fires were lit outside a number of Western and African embassies, including that of Rwanda.

Jan 26, 2025 · The Congolese government confirmed the presence of M23 rebels in Goma, 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) east of capital Kinshasa, but stopped short of saying they were in control of the city.