Goma, a city of about 700,000, is struggling to cope with hundreds of thousands of displaced people in camps and makeshift settlements around its outskirts as a result of the M23 offensive.

Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the distant outskirts and ...

Panic spread in eastern Congo’s main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic spread in eastern Congo’s main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army.

On Thursday, panic spread in Goma as rebels took control of Sake, a town only 27 kilometres from the provincial capital and one of the last main routes into the city still under government control ...

Republic of Congo - Congolese troops fought back on Thursday against rebels who rejected calls from African leaders to quit the eastern city of Goma, captured earlier this week in a major upset ...

Fighting broke out Thursday just before noon in the town of Sake, which the rebels had seized Wednesday after capturing the strategic provincial capital of Goma, about 17 miles (27 kilometres) away.

Regional leaders meeting in Uganda on Saturday called for an end to the advance by M23 rebels toward Congo's capital, and also urged the Congolese government to sit down with rebel leaders as ...

SAKE, CONGO—Congo’s president has suspended the army’s chief of staff, following the publication of a United Nations report which reveals that Gen. Gabriel Amisi oversaw a criminal network ...

Residents scatter as they fear Congo rebel group will again seize key eastern city of Goma By: Ruth Alonga And Jean-yves Kamale, The Associated Press Posted: 10:34 AM CST Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024 ...