(MENAFN- The Rio Times) The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has intensified, with M23 rebels gaining ground and threatening the strategic city of Goma. Turkey has stepped in ...

Gen Peter Cirimwami, governor of the province of North Kivu, photographed at a news conference in Goma in May 2024, has died from injuries sustained in fighting on the front line as M23 rebels ...

M23 seized Goma in 2012 and controlled it for over a week. As news of fighting spread, schools in Goma sent students home on Thursday morning. "We are told that the enemy wants to enter the city.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, a military spokesman said Friday, as M23 rebels ...

where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government’s last stronghold in the region bordering Rwanda. The offensive by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has ...

Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels moving toward the city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as they battle the Congolese military. Congolese helicopter gunships swooped ...

On Friday, the rebel Congo River Alliance (AFC), which includes M23, said they planned to take Goma. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, MONUSCO, said that its heavy artillery had carried out ...

GOMA, Congo -- Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the distant ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic spread in eastern Congo’s main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army.

The M23 briefly managed to take over Goma in 2012, prompting international donors to cut aid to Rwanda. Even then the rebels did not hold as much ground as they do now.

GOMA, Congo — The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, authorities said Friday, as M23 rebels closed in on the ...

with the rebels seizing control of more territory than ever. More than 400,000 people have fled their homes since the start of this year as the M23 advances on the city of Goma, the UN reports.