A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese city in a bid to occupy territory and exploit minerals. Displaced ...

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A Rwanda-backed militia seized the pivotal Congolese city of Goma this week, threatening a new humanitarian crisis after decades of fighting. By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal.

The fall of Goma heralds more bloodshed in eastern Congo Rwanda’s reckless plan to redraw the map of Africa Photo essay: The fall of Goma All this adds to Congo’s horrific turmoil. Its various ...

GOMA, Congo — Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.

Congo severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces raged around the key eastern city of Goma, leaving at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign ...

DR Congo says Rwanda army in Goma 01/27/2025 January 27, 2025 Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya said Kinshasa wanted to prevent "carnage," with Rwanda's forces in the east of the ...

Gunfire rang out near the airport, city center and border with Rwanda, with two residents reporting ongoing clashes between government-aligned militia and M23 fighters. "There is confusion in the ...

Anti-Rwandan protests broke out in Kinshasa Tuesday morning, as rebels battled Congolese forces in the key eastern city of Goma. Rwanda has accepted over 1,200 refugees fleeing the fighting, according ...

It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of ...

The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 vowed on Thursday to march on the DR Congo capital, Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country. The group's capture of ...