The sounds of hammering and the clattering of corrugated metal roofs resonated throughout Goma’s Bulengo camp for internally displaced persons on Tuesday as residents began taking apart the ...
According to the United Nations, the fighting in which M23 rebels overran government soldiers and their allies to capture the town of Goma town claimed almost 3,000 lives, including civilians and ...
Businesses are struggling to survive, financial transactions are almost impossible, and people are having trouble making ends ...
Fighting between M23 rebels and pro-Congo militias was underway on Sunday in Nyabiondo, about 100 km (62 miles) north of Goma in eastern Congo, residents said, days after a nearby attack left a heavy ...
As the M23 rebels swept into Goma in late January, they moved into military camps in and around the city, which had hosted hundreds of military families, and quickly emptied them of their ...
Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.
The witness said M23 officials and camp leaders were present and did not react as the camp was being dismantled. In late January, a person in the South Kivu town of Minova, west of Goma ...
Weeks after M23 rebels seized Goma, residents are adjusting to a new reality. While some services continue, public support appears coerced as the rebels push forward.