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rebels claim Goma takeover

Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they’ve captured the key city of Goma

Rwanda-backed rebels claimed on Monday they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped.

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

M23 Rebels Claim Goma, Congo Calls It a 'Declaration of War'

M23 rebels claim they now control the Congolese city of Goma—an act Congo's government described as a 'declaration of war.'

Eagle-Tribune · 13h

AP PHOTOS: Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they've captured the key city of Goma

Rwanda-backed rebels claimed on Monday they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that

Congo, Rwanda and M23 rebellion

BBC · 1d

Hundreds wounded, bodies in streets after DR Congo fighting - UN

Aid agencies are deeply concerned that the escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could trigger the spread of disease, including Ebola and Mpox. The International Committee of the Red Cross said the laboratory in Goma housing samples of the Ebola virus had lost power because of the fighting,

The Washington Post · 13h

Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets

Congolese security forces have tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo’s largest city

The Associated Press on MSN · 23m

Congo’s forces try to slow Rwanda-backed rebels in the east as protests break out in the capital

Congo’s security forces are fighting against Rwanda-backed rebels who advanced into a key eastern city in a major escalation of a decadeslong conflict.

Goma, Congo and Rwanda

BBC on MSN · 8h

DR Congo hospitals overwhelmed after Goma fighting - UN

There are growing international calls for peace talks to end the escalation of violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The fate of the economic and trading hub Goma is still unclear. UN officials have said the situation is chaotic with fighting continuing in parts of the city.

Courthouse News Service · 5h

Congo’s Goma on the brink as Rwanda-backed fighters take airport

In the capital, Kinshasa, protesters complaining of a lack of international action attacked foreign embassies, including those of the U.S., France and Rwanda.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Congo severs ties with Rwanda as rebels close in on Goma, displacing thousands

Congo has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces rages around the key eastern city of Goma.

7hon MSN

With fear and fist-bumps, Goma residents greet Congo's M23 rebels again

Residents of eastern Congo's largest city of Goma greeted the arrival of Rwanda-backed rebels with trepidation on Monday, ...

6hon MSN

‘No safe place to go to from Goma’ for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city

Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against ...

Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

8hon MSN

Gunfire crackles in Congo's Goma, embassies attacked in capital

By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Dead bodies lay in the streets, gunfire rang ...

11h

Analysis-Rise of Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels in Congo Harder to Stop This Time

Colleta Nzabonipa, 54, sits among other internally displaced people who fled from various camps following fighting between ...

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