Map locates Goma, Bukavu, Uvira, Bunia and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. On paper, Congo appears well placed to deal with threats coming from its much smaller neighbor. Experts ...

Map by Joel Masselink ... Since seizing control of Goma in January 2025, The Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), the political arm ...

Rwanda accuses neighboring Congo of planning a large attack, with Rwanda’s ambassador to the UN adding that Kinshasa and its allies had stockpiled weapons in and around Goma airport. Then there ...

The capture of Goma and Bukavu, the regional capitals of North and South Kivu respectively in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the 23 March Movement (M23), strongly supported by ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are attempting to march south towards Bukavu, the seat of South Kivu province, in an attempt to expand their dominance over the ...

The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Goma/Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo — "Civilians continue to die and live in fear." After a rapid advance saw Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seize the two largest cities in eastern ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing one of the world ... In January, M23 seized control of Goma, the capital of mineral-rich North Kivu province, before capturing Bukavu ...

The humanitarian and internal security conditions in Goma and Bukavu are extremely serious ... the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (CENCO), together with the ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical trade and humanitarian hub, say they are struggling on ...

FILE - Rebel leader of group of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) including M23, Corneille Nangaa, addresses a news conference in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.