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M23 rebellion, Goma

As Goma ceasefire largely holds, Congo rushes to bury bodies from rebel offensive

Rebels in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of last week's battles for the city as they feared the spread of disease. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who captured Goma declared a ceasefire on Monday and largely upheld it,

Associated Press · 8d

Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they’ve captured the key city of Goma

Rwanda-backed rebels claimed on Monday they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped.

CNN on MSN · 1d

Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting

A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, after fighting with the Congolese military has left hundreds of people dead.

Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo

Reuters · 6d

Having seized Goma, Congo's M23 rebels want to show they can govern

When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw. Instead, the Rwanda-backed insurgents are intent on showing they can restore order and govern.

Bloomberg L.P. · 2d

M23 Rebels to Begin Unilateral Ceasefire in Congo

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo said they would begin a unilateral ceasefire on Tuesday as the Group of Seven nations demanded that the militia halt an offensive that has shaken the eastern part of the country.

CBC.ca · 12h

Congo ceasefire appears to crumble as rebels reportedly capture another eastern town

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, eight sources said on Wednesday, in an apparent violation of a unilateral ceasefire they declared this week.

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People on MSN · 15h

Hundreds of Women Raped, Burned to Death After Prison in Congo Set on Fire: UN Official

The Rwanda-backed group known as M23 is believed to have been responsible for the incident following its takeover of the city of Goma

BBC · 14h

More than 100 women raped and burned alive in DR Congo jailbreak, UN says

Footage from the jailbreak shows people fleeing from the building as black smoke rises into the air More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma,

AOL · 18h

Hundreds of women raped and burnt alive when militants stormed DR Congo prison

Hundreds of Congolese women were raped and burnt alive after Rwandan-backed militants raided a prison. The female inmates were attacked in their wing inside Goma’s Munzenze prison during a mass jailbreak,

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‘Days of Mass Burials Ahead’ as Congo Mourns Its Dead in Goma

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

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UN says the death toll in fighting in the eastern Congo city of Goma is at least 900

The U.N. health agency says that fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major ...

Newsday3d

Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their supplies

GOMA, Congo — Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, as fighting rages on between government forces and the Rwanda-backed ...

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Malawi president orders troops to withdraw from DR Congo

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission ...

The Associated Press on MSN8d

'No safe place to go to from Goma' for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city

It remained unclear how much of Goma is controlled by the rebels, who marched into eastern Congo’s strategic city early ...

Africanews English on MSN2h

UN warns of escalating situation in Congo

Speaking from Goma, the U.N's deputy head of its mission there said the situation remains highly volatile, with a persistent ...

UCA News3h

Congolese bishops say Goma situation remains grave

The United Nations confirmed at least 900 people died in the fighting and another million were displaced, but the full scale of the human toll is still emerging. Many of those who died are women and ...

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Patients injured during ongoing unrest in Goma receive hospital treatment

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo - 05, 2025 Patients injured during the fighting between the Armed Forces of the ...

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