Islamic State-linked rebels in fresh attack in eastern Congo kill 9 villagers
Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered ...
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Amid bombs and chaos, Goma’s displaced residents share their fears and hopes
Aerial view of Goma, Nord Kivu, DRC in November 2014. Image courtesy of MONUSCO Photos via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-NC 2.0). “We’ve lost everything. In our country, I don’t know anyone who ...
I experienced the fall of Goma. I had to leave my Congolese colleagues in a critical situation
A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...
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Eastern DRC: The impossible death toll of the battle for Goma
More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...
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Families sent back to homes ruined in east DR Congo conflict
When the Banyene family were sent back to their home in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, all that had survived the fighting was a crumbling wall and sagging metal roof. Shell casings from ...
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Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities
“On Sunday, we were practically cut off from the world.” Aerial view of Goma, Nord Kivu, DRC in November 2014. Image courtesy of MONUSCO Photos via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-NC 2.0). The next ...
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Goma Under Siege
Frank, a World Vision staff member, lost two family members—Laurianne and Jean-Pierre—when the M23 siege on Goma turned their ...
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One Lake, Two Worlds: Jet-Skis in Rwanda. Bodies Ashore in Congo.
By the peaceful shore of Lake Kivu in Gisenyi, Rwanda, this month.Credit... Supported by By Elian Peltier Photographs by Guerchom Ndebo Elian Peltier and Guerchom Ndebo reported from both Goma ...
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As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target
GOMA, Congo — The Rwanda-backed rebels who ... particularly in Bukavu, the South Kivu provincial capital. “We call on Rwanda and M23 to ensure that human rights and international humanitarian ...
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Canada pulls military officers from UN mission in Goma
Canada has withdrawn its military officers from a United Nations peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo, citing the “increasingly perilous security conditions” in the rebel-held city of Goma.