GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels claimed ... every day as civilians get caught in the crossfire. This series of photos documents the events as they unfold.

They poured out of the countryside and into the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east. M23 rebels, backed by Congo’s neighbor Rwanda, were attacking. Goma was under siege.

Goma is the provincial capital of North Kivu province in the eastern DRC where a government coalition, led by the Congolese armed forces (FARDC), has been fighting with M23 since 2021. ALSO READ ...

just days after a similar massacre, a government official said on Saturday. UN leader Ban Ki-moon vowed on Sunday that peacekeepers will stay in the DR Congo city of Goma after UN combat ...

“We make a heart-felt call to stop the massacre in Goma and in the other areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that are in the grip of violence: stop it!”. This was stated by the ...

Rwanda-backed rebels claimed on Monday they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region ... This series of photos documents the events as they unfold.