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At least 34 people were killed in an attack on church premises in eastern Congo by Islamic State-backed rebels, according to ...
The death toll from an attack on a Catholic church in eastern Congo by Islamic State-backed rebels has risen to 34, according ...
Every week, hundreds of victims and survivors of sexual violence seek care at health centres supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In 2024 ...
While the fighting occurred very close to Goma town, most displaced persons had taken refuge with host families, as others had gathered in the concessions of churches and schools in the town.
Insecurity has been replaced by mistrust and paranoia, it’s hard to know who poses danger. But, residents say they are ...
A town just west of the major east Congo city of Goma appeared under army control on Thursday hours after hundreds of residents fled an outbreak of gunfire for fear of an advance by M23 rebels ...
Earlier this week, an eight-month-old rebel group seized the important, eastern city of Goma in a humiliating defeat to Congo's government. The M23 rebels are threatening to push onward to Bukavu ...
Eruption illuminates sky over Goma town. APA/AFP/Moses Sawasawa The 11,385-foot-high Nyiragongo volcano, in a remote area of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga national park, is pouring ...
Democratic Republic of Congo has one of the world's worst air safety records. There have been numerous crashes in Goma, the main town in the east, where the runway has not been fully repaired ...
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Five Congolese soldiers were killed, a senior army officer said on Friday, in a clash with Rwandan forces this week that now risks inflaming tensions ...
It is reported that 20,000 men, women and children fled from the Kibumba area, north of Goma on Monday. About 4,000 of these are currently camped on a makeshift site in Kibati, outside Goma town with ...