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Congo-Kinshasa: Risk of Regional Conflict Following Fall of Goma and M23 Offensive in the DRC
Analysis - A shifting political calculus by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risk triggering another war in the Great Lakes ...
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Rwanda-backed M23 strengthens its control over DRC’s Goma
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have tightened their grip on Goma ... in the DRC, calling on the parties to the conflict to abide by international humanitarian law. The World Food Programme’s ...
Fighting ongoing across DRC's Goma, Rwanda troops in city, says UN
Fighting across the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and "is still very much ongoing ... it's not over ...
Al Jazeera English4d
Bodies on streets, hospitals struggle, battles intensify in DR Congo’s Goma
Heavy battles between M23 fighters and Congolese government forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ... World Food Programme said food assistance activities in and around Goma ...
iom.int1d
IOM Raises Alarm Over Displacement of Hundreds of Thousands in Goma, DRC
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), is deeply concerned about the hundreds of thousands of civilians displaced over the last few days in Goma, North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic ...
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Rwanda, DRC in Goma crisis summit as Kagame agrees with US on ceasefire
The security source said "more than 1 200 Congolese soldiers have surrendered and are confined" to the airport base of the UN's mission in the DRC. VIDEO: ???? Deadly clashes in DR Congo's Goma as pro ...
Voice of America4d
UN warns of worrying humanitarian situation in DRC’s Goma amid assault by Rwanda-backed rebels
The U.S. State Department said Secretary of State Marco Rubio “condemned the assault on Goma by the Rwanda-backed M23 and affirmed the United States’ respect for the sovereignty of the DRC ...
Gulf Times3d
DRC’s Goma on the brink as M23 fighters take airport
An armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the airport in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma yesterday ... base of the UN’s mission in DRC. The lightning offensive marks a major ...
Save the Children4d
DRC: Over 1.5 Million Children Need Protection as Goma Faces Heavy Fighting, Save the Children
Greg Ramm, Save the Children's Country Director for DRC, said: "The situation is confusing, complex and horrific. There is no safe place to go from Goma. Every time a family flees the guns and bombs ...
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Humanitarian situation in DRC's Goma 'extremely worrying': UN
The looting shows "how desperate people are now", said Shelley Thakral, WFP's spokeswoman in DR Congo, voicing deep concern "about food scarcity in Goma". Speaking to reporters in Geneva via video ...
Voice of America5d
Relief group pulls workers out of DRC's Goma as M23 rebels advance
This comes after the reportedly Rwandan-backed rebels said over the weekend they had taken control of Goma, the biggest city in the region. Rose Tchwenko, the DRC’s country director for Mercy ...