Goma under the M23: BBC visits DR Congo city under rebel control
3 days ago · As the M23 rejoices over its conquest, the Congolese government continues to deny the rebels' claim that they have totally captured Goma. The authorities accuses the M23 of illegally occupying ...
The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major Congo city declare …
2 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 ...
M23 rebels battling Congo’s army close in on Goma as panic …
Jan 23, 2025 · Panic is spreading in Goma in eastern Congo as M23 rebels encircle the city, battling Congo’s army. Many civilians have been wounded in the crossfire.
What to know about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo as …
Jan 24, 2025 · The M23 rebels — or The March 23 Movement — is one of about 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich region in a decades-long conflict in eastern Congo. In recent weeks, the rebels have made significant territorial gains, seizing towns and villages and encircling Goma.
Rwanda-backed M23 strengthens its control over DRC’s Goma
Jan 29, 2025 · Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have tightened their grip on Goma, the biggest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), signalling a major blow to the Congolese army and a serious ...
M23 Rebels Claim Takeover of Goma, Congo’s Largest City
Jan 27, 2025 · The M23 took Goma once before in 2012, withdrawing after considerable international pressure was put on Rwanda. Yet Congo experts say it might be harder this time to talk M23 down as their motives ...
Congo's M23 rebels take control of Goma airport, embassies …
Jan 28, 2025 · M23 fighters marched into Goma on Monday in the worst escalation since 2012 of a three-decade conflict rooted in the long fallout from the Rwandan genocide and the struggle for control of Congo's ...
Why Are Congo and Rwanda on the Brink of War? - The New York …
Jan 28, 2025 · In 2012, M23 pulled out of Goma after Western donors applied diplomatic pressure on Rwanda, cutting much-needed aid. This time around, the same powers have only used words to condemn the offensive.
DR Congo violence: Panic in Goma as M23 rebels advance - BBC
Feb 11, 2024 · Rebels from the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 movement are blocking the two main roads into Goma from the north and the west and preventing produce from getting through.
Tense calm, fears for the future in DRC’s Goma a week after M23 ...
2 days ago · A week after Goma’s capture, with M23 now fully in charge, electricity and internet connections, which had been cut off for days, returned to most of the city. Many shops also reopened in the ...