We are shocked by the sheer number of deceased individuals retrieved from the streets and Lake Kivu,” the experts said.

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...

The United Nations said it would temporarily relocate nonessential staff from Goma, such as administrative staff. “Essential personnel remain on the ground, sustaining critical operations such ...

M23 rebels say they have taken control of the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN has condemned "flagrant disregard" for Congo's sovereignty. M23 rebels claim they have ...

According to Congo's government and United Nations experts, the rebels temporarily took over Goma in 2012 and resurfaced in late 2021, with increasing support from Rwanda. Rwanda has denied such ...

At least 700 people have been killed since Sunday in the intense fighting in Goma, a UN spokesman said Friday. “The World Health Organization and its partners conducted an assessment with the ...

The UN says hundreds of people are wounded and that bodies are lying in the streets of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo following an advance by M23 rebels on the key city The ...

In the Congolese capital Kinshasa, 1,600km west of Goma, protesters attacked a UN compound and embassies including those of Rwanda, France and the United States, expressing anger at what they said ...

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a “mass panic” among its 2 million people and Congo’s government said the rebel advance was a “declaration of war." The M23 rebels ...