The UN on Tuesday said the humanitarian situation in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma was "extremely worrying" amid mass displacement, food shortages, looted aid, overflowing hospitals and ...

M23 is one of about 100 armed groups that have been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with ...

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 on January 28 that food assistance in and around Goma had been "paused" and voiced concern over food shortages. France 24's Angela Diffley tells us more.

A UN armoured personnel carrier burns during clashes with M23 rebels outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025.

Rwanda-backed rebels say they've captured Congo city of Goma 04:38. Geneva — The United Nations on Friday voiced alarm at rampant violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the M23 ...

Vivian van de Perre, the deputy head of the United Nations mission in the DRC, told reporters in a video call from Goma that U.N. teams are “actively helping” the M23 to collect the dead from ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a ...

Fighting ongoing across DRC's Goma, Rwanda troops in city, says UN. By Michelle Nichols. January 27, 2025 6:39 PM UTC Updated January 27, 2025 Item 1 of 3 Congolese ...

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations' peacekeeping chief said Friday that M23 rebels are advancing south toward the provincial capital of Bukavu after seizing control of Goma in the mineral-rich ...

Canada has withdrawn its military officers from a United Nations peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo, citing the “increasingly perilous security conditions” in the rebel-held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.