Rebel leader Corneille Nangaa trying to win over the population of Goma on Thursday, 06, 2025.

On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich North Kivu province. The fall of Goma marks a shocking chapter in a ...

Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...

After a lightning offensive, M23 rebels now control Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of ...

Gunfire echoed through Goma, eastern Congo's largest city, on Tuesday as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels encountered resistance ...

The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.

There are growing international calls for Rwanda and the DRC to restart peace talks, as the Rwandan backed rebels take over a major city in the mineral rich region of eastern Congo.

Goma had served as a key hub for humanitarian ... Eastern Congo is rich in minerals and natural resources and has been contested by scores of different armed groups. The fighting in Congo has ...

By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Gunfire rippled across east Congo's largest city Goma where Rwandan-backed M23 rebels still faced pockets of resistance ...

El Movimiento 23 de Marzo, respaldado por Ruanda, fue acusado de saquear las oficinas del gobierno y tomar como rehenes a ...

Instead, fighting over natural resources has destabilized the ... In 2012, the rebels seized Goma and controlled it for about a week but surrendered the city after mounting international pressure ...