I experienced the fall of Goma. I had to leave my Congolese colleagues in a critical situation
A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...
The Independent15h
M23 defends raid on hospitals in Goma city
Kanyuka argues that the M23 fighters did not raid but conducted a peaceful operation against 130 Armed Forces of Democratic ...
Médecins Sans Frontières UK9h
DRC: MSF deploys mobile teams as people leave displacement camps around Goma
In response to this development, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has adapted by deploying mobile ...
AllAfrica on MSN2d
Humanitarian Coordinator Calls for Respect of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in North and South Kivu Provinces
The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Bruno Lemarquis, expresses his deep concern about the increasing number of incidents of targeted violence against civilians, ...
AllAfrica.com15d
Central Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo - One Too Many Humanitarian Crises in North and South Kivu
The ICRC is helping the DRC Red Cross to recover the bodies in Goma safely and with dignity. "We are very worried. Many of these people were already in a very vulnerable situation, having been forced ...
allAfrica.com on MSN1d
Central Africa: South Kivu - Front Lines Between the M23 and the 'Wazalendo' Militias Run Through the Ruzizi Plain
The front line between the M23 guerrillas and the "Wazalendo" militiamen runs through the Ruzizi plain (in the province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo). According to a ...
CNN28d
Nearly 3,000 people killed after rebels seize key city in DR Congo, UN says
AFC spokesman Victor Tesongo told CNN Friday rebels were working to “install a new administration” in Goma and advance further into South Kivu and Kinshasa. M23 leader Corneille Nangaa also ...
As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target
Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.
DR Congo: M23 Rebels Capture South Kivu’s Bukavu as Uganda Threatens Attack | Firstpost Africa |N18G
M23 Rebels Capture South Kivu’s Bukavu as Uganda Threatens Attack | Firstpost Africa | N18G Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have ...
La Croix International13d
Bukavu in ruins as M23 rebels seize control of DR Congo’s South Kivu
Bukavu rises from chaos, but scars remain. Looters and rebels left devastation, yet merchants return, clinging to hope. As ...