Goma, DR Congo

DR Congo battles intensify, Western nations ask citizens to leave Goma
The DR Congo army and M23 on Friday clashed outside Goma as the UK, US and France urged citizens to leave the main city in DR Congo's volatile east, warning the situation could deteriorate rapidly. Clashes erupted early Friday just 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Goma.
Rebels close in on eastern DR Congo’s largest city as army battles to halt advance
Rwanda-backed fighters advancing on DR Congo’s eastern provincial capital Goma after capturing a string of towns.
DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack
Intensifying hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo involving the non-state armed group M23 have caused further mass displacement in the mineral-rich region, with fears that the regional capital Goma could come under attack,
M23 rebels battling Congo’s army close in on Goma as panic spreads among city’s 2 million people
Panic is spreading in Goma in eastern Congo as M23 rebels encircle the city, battling Congo’s army. Many civilians have been wounded in the crossfire, stretching the main hospital.
Fear abounds as M23 fighters close in on DR Congo's Goma
Luggage on their backs, they trudged all Wednesday morning along the road leading to downtown Goma, fleeing the advancing fighters in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.Streams of displaced people have flocked from Minova,
Panic spreads in Goma as M23 rebels threaten to march on city
Panic spread in Goma, the capital of DR Congo's North Kivu Province, on Thursday, January 23, with M23 rebels reportedly planning to march on the key city after recently gaining more ground against the Congolese army.
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Thousands flee eastern DRC as M23 rebels encircle provincial capital Goma
Thousands of people have fled their homes in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as clashes between M23 rebels and ...
Thousands uprooted as Congo M23 rebels near Goma in major advance
Laden with just the possessions they can carry, thousands of displaced people have reached the outskirts of the city of Goma ...
Fighting Rages Near Congo Trading Hub as UN Warns of Broader War
Fighting between M23 rebels and Democratic Republic of Congo’s army intensified on Friday with the militia threatening to ...
Democratic Republic Of Congo: M23 Rebels 20 Km From Goma
M23 and government. forces. Zones occupied. by M23. 200 km. kinshasa. Rwanda. Lake Kivu. Map data: OSM, NASA. Sources: ...
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Clashes near DR Congo's Goma prompt evacuation warnings from US, UK, and France
The DR Congo army and M23 on Friday clashed outside Goma as the UK, US and France urged citizens to leave the main city in DR ...
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High-ranking officer killed as clashes rage in eastern DR Congo
KINSHASA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Peter Cirimwami, the military governor of North Kivu, a province under a state of siege in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), died amid violent ...
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President cuts short Davos trip as DR Congo fighting rages
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s president has cut short his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos as a deadly conflict ...
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"Africa can expect substantial changes from the United States over the next four years," Rama Yade, director of the Atlantic Council's Africa Center, wrote in a pre-Inauguration analysis. While Donald ...